Spring Migration is on! The Hermit Thrush is one bird that I love to hear. John Neville's, "Bird Songs: Western Boreal Forest", describes the Hermit Thrush song as "achingly beautiful". That is the way I identify this bird because usually I don't see the Hermit Thrush, I just hear the song. Yesterday, "eagle eyes Ronda Groom" saw this bird sitting on a branch and we had the pleasure of getting some photos.

Hermit Thrushes are very similar to the Swainson Thrush, the way to identify is the colouring and the eyering. The second picture shows how the tail is reddish which indicates Hermit Thrush.

To hear the "achingly beautiful" song of the Hermit Thrush, check out this site: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hermit_Thrush/sounds