Swainson's Thrush (YC-2)

Another bird sitting in the Crabapple tree, although this time spotted by Patty.

A Swainson's Thrush, the first we've seen in the yard.

From the linked site:

If you live within the Swainson’s Thrush’s range, you can make your yard more enticing to this bird by providing tree and shrub cover and ground-level bird baths, avoiding chemical pesticides, and letting leaf litter accumulate undisturbed.

And that pretty much describes our yard.

This is another bird more often heard than seen, although unlike the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, these do not breed here, preferring the forests further north.

Another bird we would have missed but for Covid-19. 

Although it's not even close to a fair trade.

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