Wood Thrush postfledging movements and habitat use in northern Virginia.
In addition, area-sensitive species, such as
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) are often absent in places with narrow riparian areas.
In his poem ''Marina,'' he writes, ''What seas, what shores, what grey rocks and what islands, What water lapping the bow, And scent of pine, and
wood thrush echoing through the fog.
Other state birds at risk include brown pelican (Louisiana), California gull (Utah), hermit thrush (Vermont), mountain bluebird (Idaho and Nevada), ruffed grouse (Pennsylvania), purple finch (New Hampshire), and
wood thrush (Washington, D.C.).
Some area-sensitive, interior-dwelling avifauna require intact, mature forest stands, such as the ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla), scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea), and
wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), a species of national conservation concern (BNA 2011).
The
wood thrush, for example, used to be a fixture in backyards all across the eastern U.S., but these days, its haunting song is heard far less frequently.
Among other migratory passerines, densities exceeded 1 individual/ha at all three sites for Eastern Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher,
Wood Thrush, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Red-eyed Vireo (Table 3).
Nature is a theme prevalent in later books as well including Flute's Journey: The Life of a
Wood Thrush and How the Groundhog's Garden Grew.
In North America, the Breeding Bird Survey has recently charted a relentless decline of around one percent a year in the population of bobolinks, eastern kingbirds, Kentucky warblers and
wood thrush.
Bird species such as the American robin (Turdus migratorius), Bachman's sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis), common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis), and Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) were detected only in treated stands, while Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens),
wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), and yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons) were detected only in untreated stands.
The dark fills with the song of the
wood thrush. The calm melody of this piper at the gates of morning prevails before sunrise stirs the forest.
These species included American robin, American crow, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, button quail, common grackle, eastern tufted titmouse, gray catbird, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern cardinal, sharp-shinned hawk,
wood thrush, domestic cat, domestic cow, domestic dog, horse, sheep, white-footed mouse, and white-tailed deer.
Other migratory birds known to frequent traditional coffee farms include the ovenbird,
wood thrush, Baltimore oriole, ruby-throated and buff-bellied hummingbirds, swallow-tailed kite, Kentucky warbler, hermit warbler, painted bunting, greater pewee, chuck-will's-widow and short-tailed hawk.
These are not happy times to be alive if one loves the natural world in all its variety and beauty The call of a
wood thrush deep in the ancient forest, the roar of the surf on a wild coast, the flash of a fish in the shallows of a pristine brook, even the simple pleasure of passing still open fields in a sprawling strip-mall landscape--all these precious things and sensations, the places they come from and the web of life they have supported for millennia, are melting away in front of our eyes.
