Wood Thrush . Will use its bill to flip leaf- litter aside as it seeks insects. Feeds on berries up in shrubs and trees. Eggs. Usually 3- 4. Pale greenish blue, unmarked. Incubation is by female only, 1. Young: Both parents feed nestlings. Young leave the nest about 1. Young. Both parents feed nestlings. Young leave the nest about 1. Diet. Mostly insects and berries. Feeds on many insects, especially in breeding season, including beetles, caterpillars, ants, crickets, moths, and many others; also spiders, earthworms, and snails. Berries and small fruits are eaten at all seasons. Young are fed mostly insects but also some berries. Often reacts aggressively to other thrushes in territory, such as Robin or Veery. In courtship, male may chase female in fast circular flights among the trees. Nest: Placed in vertical fork of tree (usually deciduous) or saddled on horizontal branch, usually about 1. Nest (built by female) is rather like Robin's nest, an open cup of grass, leaves, moss, weeds, bark strips, mixed with mud; has lining of soft material such as rootlets. Often adds pieces of white paper or other trash to nest. During the peak of migration, Swainson's Thrushes are often very common in woodlots and parks, lurking in the thickets, slipping into fruiting trees to pluck berries. 03 Jun: Brief Ovenbird encounter Seemingly not as shy as the other brown thrushes, not as bold as the Robin, the Wood Thrush seems intermediate between those two related groups. It sometimes nests in. LICHEN USE BY WILDLIFE IN NORTH AMERICA. Stephen Sharnoff and Roger Rosentreter (Bureau of Land Management, Idaho) Updated: February 2, 1998. Return to Lichens and. Kevin Winker. Curator of Birds & Professor University of Alaska Museum (of the North) 907 Yukon Drive Fairbanks, Alaska 99775. Email: [email protected].
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