Texas
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
 (L 7" WS 12“ Wt 1.1 oz)
Least spotted of all
American spotted thrushes.
South Padre Island
18Apr2021
Has pink legs and a
poorly defined eye ring.
THE MOONBEAMS over Arno’s vale
   in silver flood were pouring,
When first I heard the nightingale
   a long-lost love deploring.
So passionate, so full of pain,
   it sounded strange and eerie;
I longed to hear a simpler strain,
   —the wood-notes of the veery.
 (Henry Jackson Van Dyke)
Catharus in Greek means pure,
clear; fuscescens in Latin
means brownish, blackish.
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