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Sunday 23 June 2024
Re: [Maine-birds] wood thrush question/Gorham
I am glad to hear that there are Wood Thrush in Skowhegan. Outside of two singing migrants on 5/10, I have not detected a single Wood Thrush anywhere in my birding in the Unity area this year. We have watched the local population decline significantly here over the last ten years. Tons of Hermit Thrush and Veery in the appropriate habitats. I read recently Wood Thrush require a moist understory in deciduous or mixed woods with trees over 50' and a healthy mid-story present. May be that the overharvesting of the forests around me are contributing to their decline?
Good birding,
tom a
On Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 3:55:31 PM UTC-4 chr...@myfairpoint.net wrote:
I have not noticed any change in the Wood Thrush population along my road (near Skowhegan). I have the impression that there are more of them this year than in the past (maybe I stole yours? Sorry! 😁 ). Hermit Thrushes have been about normal. I even discovered a nest in my woods, and the eggs hatched. I'm not sure if the young survived, or not, but they looked pretty chipper the last time I saw them before the nest was empty. Hopefully they escaped any predators.
I'd be happy to trade you a pair of Wood Thrushes for a Carolina Wren.
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