Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
 (L 6.75" WS 11.5" WT 1.1 oz)
Nests in trees west of the Rockies...
to the east on the ground.
Thatcher
Woods, IL
15Apr2009
4May2009
10Apr2010
“The Hermit Thrush”
While walking through a lonely wood
I heard a lovely voice:
A voice so fresh and true and good
It made my heart rejoice.
 
It sounded like a Sunday bell,
Rung softly in a town,
Or like a stream, that in a dell
Forever trickles down.
(Arvia Mackaye, 9 yrs old)
The Hermit
Thrush is the
state bird of
Vermont.