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waka waka

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Hello everyone, I saw this bird a few days ago in the Mendocino National Forest, I observed it scratching the forest floor then flying to low limbs. The trees were thick so i could not get a clean shot. I did not see it flicking its tail very much, but i still think its a Hermit. What do you guys think?
 

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thanks, unfortunately i wasn't really birding at the time so i didn't take the time to note a lot about the bird and just whiped out my camera and got one pic. there were several in the area though.
 
From a UK birders, quick glance point of view looks like a Veery but could be Grey Cheeked, Swainsons or Hermit. Definitely one of those four.
 
Waka Waka,

Your thrush is a Hermit Thrush. Posture and body shape are classic. Pale grayish head and and lack of strong eyering are also good indications of a Hermit Thrush of one of the western races, perhaps aududoni.

Cameron
 
What Cameron just said, plus note that Veery and Gray-cheek are both well out of range.
 
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