Ovenbird? Confirm ID (1 Viewer)

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wbraun

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• Aug 28, 2007

• #1

I take this to be an ovenbird. If so, a first for me -- in river valley in Edmonton.

W.B.

 

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Tero

Retired

• Aug 28, 2007

• #2

No, not an ovenbird, a thrush.

 

tim.birdboy

Well-known member

• Aug 28, 2007

• #3

This is actually a thrush species, which are similar to ovenbirds, but much larger. Seeing that this bird has a very prominent buff eye-ring, or "spectacles", I would say Swainson's Thrush, one of the most common thrushes.

Nice photos!

 

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James Hunter

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• Aug 28, 2007

• #4

The buffy loral stripe also confirms it as Swainson's. Ovenbird has a plain loral area, a whiter eye ring and that awesome crown pattern...

RS

 

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wbraun

Member

• Aug 29, 2007

• #5

Thanks, all. I thought the guy was too small for a Swainson's, of which some are around.