One tree won’t hold two robins
One tree won’t hold two robins.
A Latin Proverb
Clay-colored Robin
Clay-colored Robin
(Formerly Clay-colored Robin)
The Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro. It was formerly known as the Clay-colored Robin.
It ranges from South Texas to northern Colombia. It is limited to the Atlantic slope, except for a population around Oaxaca City that probably originates from escaped cagebirds.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 9-10.5 inches
• Entirely pale yellowish-brown plumage darker on upperparts
• Streaked throat
• Thin yellow bill
• Sexes similar
• Rare stray to southern Texas
Similar species:
The Clay-colored Robin is unlikely to be confused with other species in its limited United States range.
In much of its range it is familiar in yards and gardens, similar to some other thrushes such as the American Robin, the Eurasian Blackbird, and the Song Thrush.
The Clay-colored Thrush usually forages for fruit or invertebrates on or near the ground. Flocks may feed high in fruiting trees. This Thrush will follow army ants to feed on small prey disturbed by the ant columns.
It builds a heavy cup nest of grass, moss, and mud on a firm support above the ground. It is aggressive in defense of its nest, but generally is not particularly territorial.
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One robin doesn’t make a spring, but one lark is…
One robin doesn’t make a spring, but one lark is often responsible for a fall.
An old quote
Skylark: Have you seen this bird?
Skylark
The Skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a small passerine bird species.
This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa.
The Skylark has also been introduced in Hawaii and western North America.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 6.25 inches
• Thin bill
• White supercilium
• Brown upperparts
• Streaked crown and back
• Buffy breast with dark streaks
• White belly and undertail coverts
• White outer tail feathers
• White trailing edge to wing
• Pink legs
• North American range limited to Vancouver Island, British Columbia-stray elsewhere
• Inhabits fields
Similar species:
The Sky Lark can be told from sparrows by its thin bill and from pipits by its streaked crown and back and white trailing edge to the wing.
The Skylark has sturdy legs and spends much time on the ground foraging for seeds, supplemented with insects in the breeding season.
The Skylark makes a grass nest on the ground, hidden amongst vegetation. It is sometimes found nesting in bracken, using it for cover. Generally the nests are very difficult to find.
The Skylark has been featured in many songs, poems and other works of literature and art.
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