Swainson’s Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
(L 7" WS 12“ Wt 1.1 oz)
Migrate to south Mexico and as
far south as Argentina.
far south as Argentina.
South Padre Island
21-2Apr2013
“The Throstle”
‘Summer is coming, summer is coming,
I know it, I know it, I know it.
Light again, leaf again, life again, love
again!’
again!’
Yes, my wild little Poet.
Sing the new year in under the blue,
Last year you sang it as gladly.
‘New, new, new, new!’ Is it then _so_
new
new
That you should carol so madly?
(Alfred Lord Tennyson)