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Veery
Photos by Bruce
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ORDER:
Passeriformes
FAMILY: Turdidae (Thrushes - 15 Species)
SPECIES:
Veery
(Catharus fuscescens)
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The song of the Veery sounds can be heard at dusk. The song is beautiful and consists of a series of rapid flute-like notes decreasing down the scale. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or Wilson's Thrush. |
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SIZE |
The Veery is a medium-sized (6-7”) thrush. |
| DESCRIPTION | Mainly light brown on the upperparts. The underparts are white; the
breast is lighter brown with dark spots. They have pink legs.
Sexes are similar in appearance. |
| NESTING | Clutch
size ranges from 3-5 eggs,
which are incubated in 10 to
14 days. |
| RANGE | The breeding range of the Veery stretches along the border of the United States and Canada. In the east the species extends as far south as northern Georgia and in the west descends southward to the Rocky Mountains. |
| HABITAT | Their habitat is in the moist deciduous woodlands. |
| DIET | The Veery mainly eats insects and berries. They forage on the forest floor, flipping leaves to uncover insects. |
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Woods Bird Sanctuary Tompkins County, New York |
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| Veery Drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes |
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| INTERESTING FACTS |
| Bill or Beak |
| A bill is used for catching things. Wading birds catch fish with their bills, cardinals "catch" seeds and berries with their bills, and flycatchers catch insects with their bills. A beak is used for tearing things apart. Hawks, owls and eagles catch with their talons and tear the prey apart with their beaks, and vultures tear apart carrion with their beaks. |
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Veery
( Catharus fuscescens )
Updated 10-24-2008
