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	Hermit Thrush
		Hermit Thrushes have the habit of quickly raising and then slowly lowering their tails upon landing; this behavior is often accompanied by a tchup call.
		The ethereal flute-like song of the Hermit Thrush, heard rarely in winter and not at all during migration, is sung from the tops of trees or standing dead snags by males beginning as much as an hour before sunrise, and ending 30 or 40 minutes after sunset.
		Hermit Thrushes are distinguished from Wood Thrushes and Veeries by the location of the reddish coloration at the tail, rather than head (as on the Wood Thrush), or the upperparts generally (as on the Veery).
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /hermit_thrush_info.htm (882 words)

	Hermit Thrush
		The Hermit Thrush is perhaps best known for its exquisite song of one clear, flute-like note followed by a series of etherial, bell-like ascending and descending tones.
		The distinguishing field mark of the Hermit Thrush is its reddish brown rump and tail.
		Hermit Thrushes consume large numbers of insects such as beetles, ants, caterpillars, grasshoppers and crickets as well as snails, earthworms, and fruits of pokeberry, blueberry, raspberry and mistletoe.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/hermthrush.htm (484 words)

	SDNHM Focus On: Hermit and Swainson's Thrushes
		Farther west the Hermit Thrush's distribution, on the scale of the atlas grid, is probably continuous, except possibly for some squares in the treeless grassland east of Lake Henshaw (F18 and G18).
		The Hermit Thrushes breeding in western Washington and Oregon, and down the California coast in the redwoods, suddenly reverse the trend.
		The juveniles are similar to those of the Hermit Thrush, with similar tawny spotting on the upperparts and wing coverts and the same tendency for the spots on the underparts to become bars.
	www.sdnhm.org /research/birdatlas/focus/thrush.html (1835 words)

	Montshire Museum: Hermit Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The thrushes are known for their beautiful songs and the hermit thrush's flute-like notes seem to hang in the air long after the song is finished.
		Although the Hermit Thrush is sometimes seen well north of its normal winter range, it may succumb to sudden cold snaps and heavy snowfall that cover up their food sources.
		The Hermit Thrush is one of the last migratory songbirds to fly south for the winter and one of the first to return in the spring.
	www.montshire.net /minute/mm030414.html (778 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Hermit Thrush, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The various subspecies of the hermit thrush are of minor importance in a discussion of the habits and life history, and what is true of the eastern hermit thrush will in most instances also apply to the western forms.
		The hermit thrush is the hardiest member of its group, for it is the first to arrive in spring and the latest to leave in autumn.
		thrush as reported by various observers varies from 10 to 13 days, but this wide range does not represent a real variation but probably is due to the failure to ascertain the exact time of the beginning of incubation as well as that of hatching.
	birdsbybent.com /ch91-100/hermthrush.html (9523 words)

	State Birds - Hermit Thrush - Vermont
		Except during winter, this Thrush prefers the darkest, most swampy, and most secluded cane-brakes along the margins of the Mississippi, where it breeds and spends the summer, retiring to higher lands during the period when the alluvial grounds are covered with the water which, during freshets, generally inundates these low cane-brakes and swampy retreats.
		The flight of the Hermit Thrush is performed low over the ground, and in a gliding manner, as the bird shifts from one place to another at a short distance.
		All the nests of the Hermit Thrush which I have found were in every instance placed lower on the branches of trees than those of the Wood Thrush, seldom above seven or eight feet from the ground, and sometimes so low that I could easily look into them.
	www.flyingmobiles.com /html/statebirds/hermit_thrush.htm (997 words)

	AllRefer.com - thrush, in zoology (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Other thrushes found in North America are the wood, olive-backed, and gray-cheeked thrushes, the solitaire, and the veery, or Wilson's, thrush.
		The hermit thrush, a shy forest dweller, is the finest singer.
		The European "flbird," the nightingale, the missel thrush, the stonechat, and the wheatear are thrushes.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/thrush1.html (247 words)

	Focus on Wildlife
		The Hermit Thrush is one of the 13 species of the thrush family to breed in North America.
		As the Hermit Thrush moved from branch to branch I noticed a small shaft of light streaming across the branch in front of where the bird was feeding.
		As the Hermit Thrush moved along the branch, all I could do was hope that it would continue as far as the shaft of light.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /2003-03-20/focus_on_wildlife.html (870 words)

	Vermont's State Bird, the Hermit Thrush [Geobopological Survey] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Though sparsely distributed, the hermit thrush is found in all of Vermont’s fourteen counties.
		But some legislators were bothered by the hermit thrush’s habit of deserting Vermont in winter (even though it is one of the first woodland birds to return to Vermont each spring).
		In the Senate, the hermit thrush was locked in a 13-13 tie with the blue jay.
	www.geobop.com /world/NA/US/VT/Bird.htm (824 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Hermit Thrush’s tail and rump are a shade redder than the rest of its brown upperparts.
		Hermit Thrushes are less dependent on wintering habitat in the tropics than are the other thrushes, which may be one reason the population is doing as well as it is. Another reason may be that it nests at higher elevations where habitat is more stable.
		Hermit Thrushes are common at high elevations in coniferous forests throughout Washington.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/Species.asp?id=353 (825 words)

	Hermit thrush Species account
		Hermit Thrushes are widely distributed across Canada and the northern United States, and within coniferous forests at higher elevations in the western mountains and northern Appalachians.
		Hermit Thrushes are short-distance migrants, with the majority of their populations wintering in the southern United States.
		In western North America, the Hermit Thrush populations tend to exhibit considerable annual fluctuations in abundance, with noticeable increases and declines occurring at regular intervals.
	www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov /bbs/htmtmp/a7590.html (617 words)

	Hermit Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Hermit thrush is a relatively common nesting bird in northern forests and at high elevations.
		Hermit thrushes are common during spring and fall migration in the Atlanta area.
		Nearly all spot breasted thrushes seen in the winter in the U.S. are Hermit thrushes.
	fsc.fernbank.edu /Birding/birdID/Hermit_thrush.htm (70 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Thrushes - Hermit Thrush
		The dark spots on the underside are less developed in the Veery and the Gray-cheeked Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush lack the eye ring of the Hermit Thrush.
		Habitat: The Hermit Thrush is primarily found in coniferous and mixed forests during the breeding season and in deciduous forest during the overwintering period.
		Notes: The Hermit Thrush is the only one of the brown thrushes regularly overwintering in the United States.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/musci/Cgutta.htm (416 words)

	Thrush (bird) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World.
		They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground.
		Traditionally it included the small Old World species, like the Nightingale and European Robin in the subfamily Saxicolini, but now often either that group or the whole family is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thrush_(bird) (162 words)

	Birds - Hermit Thrush
		The first thrush to come and the last to go, nevertheless the hermit is little seen throughout its long visit north.
		Beyond the question of even the hypercritical, the hermit thrush has a more exquisitely beautiful voice than any other American bird, and only the nightingale's of Europe can be compared with it.
		Since the severe storm and cold in the Gulf States a few winters ago, where vast numbers of hermit thrushes died from cold and starvation, this bird has been very rare in haunts where it used to be abundant.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles20/birds-63.shtml (371 words)

	All About Birds
		The Hermit Thrush is the only member of its genus to spend the winter in North America.
		In the Appalachian Mountains the Hermit Thrush is displaced at lower elevations by the Veery and at higher elevations by Swainson's Thrush, leaving the middle altitudes for the Hermit Thrush.
		East of the Rocky Mountains the Hermit Thrush usually nests on the ground.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Hermit_Thrush.html (154 words)

	Oneida Indian Nation - Culture & History
		The legend of the hermit thrush is one such story, which Keller George, Wolf Clan Representative to the Oneida Nation's Men's Council recounts.
		As the thrush looked at the differences between himself and the eagle, the thrush despaired, believing he would have no chance to compete against so large a bird.
		The little thrush noted the eagle's distracted excitement and swiftly flew onto the eagle's head and buried himself under the eagle's feathers.
	www.oneida-nation.net /legends.html (1102 words)

	Hermit Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Noted for their song, thrushes include a wide variety of birds very similar to warblers and flycatchers.
		Thrushes forage mostly for small insects and animals on the ground, completing their diet with fruit.
		The hermit thrush, Hylocichla guttata, is one of the more remarkable representatives of the mostly woodland-dwelling North American thrushes.
	www.kwic.com /~pagodavista/schoolhouse/species/birds/hthrush.htm (81 words)

	Imprint Online: Arts - Thrush Hermit bid a final farewell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is hardly the first time Thrush Hermit has toured the country but unfortunately for thousands of fans, it will be the last.
		Thrush Hermit appeared on the scene back at the beginning of the ’90s, performing their first show at the Shearwater Yacht Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
		This is Thrush Hermit’s second attempt at a farewell tour, as they were originally scheduled to join The Flashing Lights and the Local Rabbits on the Chart-sponsored Front Man War tour.
	imprint.uwaterloo.ca /issues/120399/6Arts/Arts2.shtml (1202 words)

	eye - Thrush Hermit call it quits while they're ahead - 12.02.99
		As one of the dozen or so bands that sprung out of the Halifax pop explosion of 1993, Thrush Hermit placed second only to Sloan in terms of longevity, miles travelled and difficulties with major label support.
		Anyone who's seen Thrush Hermit in the past year -- or for that matter, has made a habit of raising a brew and banging their head to Clayton Park on a Sudbury Saturday night -- would agree that the band's raucous revelry finally lives up to their own hype.
		Being cocky young kids from the East Coast, Thrush Hermit's shining Toronto moment was when they played Edgefest in Toronto, for one of the biggest audiences they'd ever face.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_12.02.99/music/thrush.html (658 words)

	THRUSH HERMIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thrush Hermit's love for '70s rock supergroups like Led Zeppelin and The Band led to their gradual but steady change in direction, which was hinted at during the Edgefest '95 festival in Toronto when they played an entire set of Steve Miller songs.
		With Albini's knowledge of Canadian rock and significant pull with US major labels, Elektra signed the band in 1996 and backed their first full-length CD 'Sweet Homewrecker' in 1997.
		With reluctance, the label released the single "North Dakota" from the album and after it did no chart action the label set Thrush Hermit into limbo while it focused on other priority acts.
	www.canoe.ca /JamMusicPopEncycloPagesT/thrush_hermit.html (241 words)

	Vermont State Bird Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
		It was not so easy for the hermit thrush to gain status as the official state bird of Vermont.
		The hermit thrush was adopted as the official state bird of Vermont by an act of the Legislature in 1941, effective June 1, 1941.
		The state bird shall be the hermit thrush.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/birds/vt_hermit_thrush.htm (345 words)

	The Other Side: July/August 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By the time the thrush eggs hatch, the cowbird is strong enough to kill the baby thrushes.
		Cowbirds and thrushes have co-existed for millennia, because the thrushes had a perfectly fine defense mechanism: Cowbirds prefer fields and woodland edges, but won't fly deeper than a quarter mile into the forest.
		The demise of the beautiful hermit thrushes is not their fault, nor the fault of the cowbirds.
	www.theotherside.org /archive/jul-aug02/bergey.html (2717 words)

	Live Review -Thrush Hermit w/ Deadly Snakes - December 2, 1999
		After problem upon problem, the time finally came for Canadian indie-rockers Thrush Hermit to finish their farewell tour and bid a fond adieu to Toronto.
		Standard smiles and rock gesturing were overshadowed by the rare moments of true emotion, when the boys looked as sad as their die-hard fans.
		The usual Thrush Hermit gimmicks were all utilized to their full advantage (neon Rock 'n' Roll sign, hand lamps, etc...), which were welcome gesture, but not as desired as the pure Thrush Hermit antics like doing backflips on stage, or getting buck naked while playing Steve Miller songs.
	www.chartattack.com /road/reviews/1999/19991220-thrush.html (254 words)

	Hermit Thrush is the First Observed Dispersal Agent for Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
		The other, hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus (Turdidae), was a dispersal agent for the plants.
		Numbers of fruits declined rapidly after hermit thrushes arrived in October and no fruits remained by January.
		Winter behavior of hermit thrushes constrains their dispersal of seeds to short distances.
	www.srs.fs.usda.gov /pubs/viewpub.jsp?index=6413 (325 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Hermit Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This thrush is an early spring migrant, usually first appearing in April (average 15 April, earliest 28 March).
		Remarks The song of the Hermit Thrush is generally considered to be the finest heard in our northern woodlands.
		However, the back of the Hermit Thrush is olive-brown, and its tail is cinnamon-brown, both the back and the tail of Swainson's Thrush are plain gray-brown, and the back and tail of the Veery are both a uniform cinnamon-brown.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0289.htm (452 words)

	Dwarf Thrush
		Experience has proved to me that the size, and to some extent, the colour of the spots on the breast of our small Thrushes differ in winter and summer, as the tips of the feathers become more or less worn.
		I was then far from imagining that its native haunts were the valleys of the Columbia river, from which, however, I have since received it through the kindness of my friend Mr.
		I am of opinion that no distinctive character can be obtained from the colouring of the inner webs of the quills as seen from beneath, those parts being more or less yellowish or buffy in all the species.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F12_G3f.html (371 words)

	VERMONT STATE BIRD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		STATE BIRD Hermit Thrush No. 1 of the Acts of 1941 established the Hermit Thrush as the official State Bird, effective June 1, 1941.
		Among other things, it was not considered a true Vermonter because, unlike the blue jay or crow (which were favored by some legislators), the Hermit Thrush leaves Vermont during the winter in its southward migration.
		The record is not clear, but this bird was selected to represent Vermont, among other things, because it has a distinctive sweet call, and because it is found in all of Vermont's 14 counties.
	dol.state.vt.us /www_root/000000/html/emblems/bird.htm (154 words)

	Hermit Thrush description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The word thrush may be derived from the Greek verb "to twitter," reflecting the active nature of these small birds.
		Nests: Although the Hermit Thrush selects high perches for singing, nests are commonly built at the foot of or in small conifers or shrubs with ground cover.
		Within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, the Hermit Thrush was detected in low abundance in several ecological units during the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Bird Inventory, June 1999 and 2000.
	www.nps.gov /yuch/Expanded/key_resources/birds/species_descriptions/heth_description.htm (629 words)

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