#song thrush

[michaelnordeman]

Song thrush/taltrast. Värmland, Sweden (April 23, 2021).

[nepeteaa]

Song Thrush

[besidethepath]

Welcome to the autumn buffet

[kavohh707]

My personal highlights - 2023 - part 7:

Songbirds. They are everywhere, mostly small and fast and I am still happy with every good picture I get.

(And yes, I know crow are songbirds as well, but they get their own post)

[rherlotshadow]

Song thrush eggshell I think. Big one, and a beauty. Sadly it didn't hatch. Judging by the careful hole made in the shell the other side, this one was broken into and eaten. :(

[dansnaturepictures]

11/03/2024-Home and Lakeside

Photos taken in this set are of; stunning skimmia in the garden, view at Lakeside including nice blossom, one of the amazing snake's-head fritillaries at Lakeside at lunch time adorned by water droplets, a Chiffchaff I was thrilled to see a couple of flitting around making me hopeful for spring alongside all the flowers around, Canada Geese, an unforgettable sunset to see out a grey day which I had the pleasure of observing with trees against the strip of orange sky on an evening walk at Lakeside and at home and a beautiful orange centred daffodil at Lakeside.

On a super day of seeing a variety of wonderful birds at Lakeside across both my evening and lunch time walks I also loved seeing for the first time for me in one day here fabulous Firecrest in my strong start to the year I've had for them and Goldcrest, my first Reed Bunting here for years a lovely male this evening, Redwing a winter bird I've had a sensational winter for especially here contrasting well the traditional springtime bird Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird and Song Thrush on a strong day of thrushes, Magpie, Great Crested Grebe and Moorhen with Wren and Green Woodpecker heard. Periwinkle, laurel, possibly my first blackthorn of the year and intricate turkey tail were good to see too. Jackdaw and House Sparrow were good to see at home today.

[richs-pics]

Bath-time for this song thrush

[spacefinch]

It’s time for BIRD FACTS WITH FINCH!

This will be an ongoing series! Our first bird is…..

The song thrush!

Latin name: Turdus philomelos

Cladistic placement:

Animalia

Chordata

Dinosauria

Saurischia

Theropoda

Avialae

Neornithes

Passeriformes

Turdidae

Turdus philomelos

Location: Europe and Northern Africa.

Habitat: forests, gardens, and parks.

Fun facts:

Song thrushes are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and animals. And one of their favorite animals to eat is the snail. In order to get to the soft snail meat, the thrush picks up the snail and whacks it against a rock or another hard object to break the shell.

The species name, philomelos, comes from a character in Greek mythology: Philomela, who had her tongue cut out, but was changed into a songbird. Her name roughly translates to “lover of song.”

Relating to the snail-whacking: song thrushes often have favorite “anvil stones” that they use to break snail shells.

Male song thrushes certainly live up to their name: they can have over 100 songs in their repertoire, and can even mimic sounds.

The male song thrush is also called a mavis.

Sources:

Wikipedia

RSPB

A to Z Animals

Here’s a clip of the song thrush’s amazing tool-using behavior.

This has been BIRD FACTS WITH FINCH. Stay tuned for the next post, whenever that may be.

If you have any more fun facts about this bird, please tell me in the comments!

[etchif]

[autodiscothings]

Yesterday’s bird. Still getting used to pastels; they mix very differently to what I am used to.

[michaelnordeman]

Song thrush/taltrast. Värmland, Sweden (September 29, 2019).

[huariqueje]

Song Thrush   -  Léo Paul Robert , 1880.

Swiss,  1851-1923

 44.5 x 34 cm.

[besidethepath]

Hard times for worms

[onichophora]

The Nest of Song Thrushes has burst containment and now my garden is full of vaguely musical low battery smoke alarms. Occasionally one gets a visit from a parental unit and the volume and musicality increases

Only a couple of days ago they looked like this

(view into eye height nest)

updated information on fledglings

This is now what we are dealing with

[peptography]

This lil guy landed on the washing line while I was hanging out my washing. Didn't seem to mind me at all