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Veery Catharus fuscescens
Identification Tips:
Length: 6 inches
Cinnamon upperparts in eastern United States birds, duller in western birds
Indistinct eye ring
Breast buffy with small dark spots, spots larger in western birds ...

Veerys first appear in Calgary backyards during the snows of early May. After skulking around low shrubs and searching the ground around fruit trees until the weather clears on their breeding grounds, Veerys leave the city until fall.

Veery
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see thrush.
More on Veery
Thrush - bird, common name for members of the Turdidae, a large family of birds found in most parts of the world and noted for their beautiful song.

Veery
(Catharus fuscescens)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
A state threatened bird. It occurs as a migrant in the wooded areas of the lab.

Veery
Catharus fuscescens (Stephens)
Status Fairly common in summer. Breeds. It generally arrives in early May (average 14 May, earliest 25 April); one at Amherst on 19-20 April 1964 was exceptionally early (E. Lowerison).

Veery:USGS ... Birds of Nova Scotia ... Bluebirds, Veery, Thrush, Robins, Catbirds, Mockingbirds: Eggs, Incubation and Fledging Times
Verdins (Bush Tits)
Vireos ...

Veery Catharus fuscescens Found: The Americas
Photographed by National Park Service ...

Veery Catharus fuscescens. Possible breeder. Fairly common in spring and rare in fall in Gulf Coast region. In Mountain region, uncommon in spring and fall, and occasional in summer.

Veery - Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush - Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina
Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapillus ...

Veery
Spring Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Philadelphia Vireo
Spring Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...

WILSON'S THRUSH or VEERY, Turdus Wilsonii, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 349.
TAWNY THRUSH, Turdus Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 362; vol. v.p. 446.
Male.

Other North American thrushes include , the wood, olive backed, and gray-cheeked thrushes , the solitaire , and the veery or Wilson's thrush. The finest singing is believed to be the hermit thrush, which is a shy forest dweller.

Quite similar to the related Veery, these acted more like robins, hopping around on the lawn. Photo ©2004 Lynn Barber.

Birding Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary
Eager for Ecclesdown Road
Veering into Veery Territory
Stalking the Piermont Snowy Owl
Hooking the Young: A Bullock's Oriole in Phoenicia, NY ...

I stayed at the Narrows Too campground and had Veery singing in the campground.

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) ...

Bicknell's differs from other spotted eastern thrushes as follows: Hermit has an all-rufous tail which it raises slowly when alarmed; Swainson's has cold olive-brown upperparts and a buffy face with buff-colored "spectacles"; Veery is uniformly ...

See also: Robin, Hermit Thrush, Wood thrush, American Robin, Bluebird