The UNWORLDLY Song of the Hermit Thrush
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Recluse, shy, drab bird found lurking in the understories of far northern forests during summer months, the Hermit Thrush may not be the most colorful of birds but it's certainly one of the best singers.
June is the month for hearing this angelic tune. As the name Hermit suggests, these birds prefer to be hidden deep within the forest. Thanks to its not so striking coloration this little thrush can easily blend into its surroundings, making it difficult to locate the culprit with the ethereal voice. Without their ear-catching, mystical song, it's easy to not be aware of their presence. How sweet the honor it is to spot one in a tree singing.
Their song is described as sounding like, Oh holy, holy, ah purity, purity ehh, sweetly, sweetly. Between each phrase is a pause.
In the third phrase, it sounds as if it is singing two notes at once harmonically. This skill is thanks to the paired valve syrinx in the bird's throat. Each side is independently controlled, allowing for two different notes, one from each half of its syrinx, to be produced at once. They can make rising and falling notes simultaneously, giving that lovely unbelievable song many people love to hear each Spring. This talent of creating such incredible sounds is something that is common with other thrushes, like the American Robin,Veery and Swainson's Thrush. These are tough contenders for the Hermit thrush but they do not produce that Spiritual quality of tone like this renowned songster.Probably the most peaceful time to listen to them is at dawn or dusk when they sing more often.
I’d like to end off with a charming little story from the Mohawk Tradition that gives the legendary origins of the heavenly song of the Hermit Thrush. It is one that is meant to teach children the value of honesty.
Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush: A Mohawk Story (summarized) by Tehanetorens
Long ago, when the Birds had no songs, only Man could sing. When the Good Spirit walked the Earth, he noticed a great silence. He realized the Birds had no songs. He devised a great game and told the Birds that whichever one could fly the highest would receive a very beautiful song. But not all the Birds were honest. In his desire to win the game, the small Hermit Thrush jumped on the back of the great Eagle. The Eagle flew higher than any of the Birds, but when he came back to land, the Good Spirit said the Hermit Thrush had gone the highest since he was on the Eagle's back. Hermit Thrush was awarded a beautiful song, but in his shame of not being honest, he flew into the deep woods. To this day, you may hear the lovely song of the Hermit Thrush, but you may not ever see him.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro / What does a Hermit Thrush song sound like
00:14 Where to find a Hermit Thrush
00:29 Hermit Thrush's name
01:22 Hermit Thrush Song
01:38 Hermit Thrush song explained
02:24 Other birds that sound similar to the Hermit Thrush
03:26 Best time to hear a Hermit Thrush
03:48 The effect of the Hermit Thrush song
04:27 How the Hermit Thrush got its song (Legendary Origins)
05:29 My closing thoughts on the Hermit Thrush song
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I share these videos with my sister. Her house has a nice little forest area. She sees a Red Tailed Hawk sometimes. Glad he hasn't tried to catch one of her chickens.
@@penny_the_wiser413 Thanks
@The Guns N' Glory Show Sorry If you knew the colors I maybe could help you
@@LesleytheBirdNerd you are very welcome. Thank you for teaching me some really cool stuff about birds.
@The Guns N' Glory Show me neither, not even bugs except for ticks. They scare me
Several years ago I was walking through the woods when a hermit thrush flew across the path ahead of me and perched on a branch about 10 feet from me. I stopped, and it stood there and observed me for a couple of minutes. Then it threw back its head and sang, and sang, and sang. I stood rooted to the spot, not even waving away the mosquitoes that swarmed around me, lest I scare the thrush. It sang a grand concert for me for probably 10 minutes before it moved on to a new perch a couple hundred feet away and began singing again. It was an experience I’ll never forget - being so greatly favored by that elegant little bird.
This totally made me cry! That's so beautiful and unforgettable!!!
What a gift! Thanks for sharing. 😊
My favourite birdsong.
The first backpacking trip I took my daughter on she became enchanted with the sound of this bird and named them "crystal birds". It took a little longer for us to find its official name, but we still refer to it as the crystal bird
What a lovely and perfect way to describe them!
I have used the word crystal to describe the song too. crystalline/metallic/computerized
That's what I thought!!! They sound like crystal chimes!!!!!!
This is a beautiful little story, I love it. Crystal birds. Wonderful!
This is the state bird of Vermont, where it's heard frequently in the woods. I always stop to listen when I hear its song. It does have a magical, fairy-like quality that is hard to describe.
Hearing this dear little bird makes me happy to be alive to hear it! God didn't want us to be lonely and so we have birds and their beautiful songs.
I am always amazed at the LOUD sounds that come out of those tiny creatures! Thanks for sharing Lesley!!
You and me both!
Yep.... some of the smallest creatures can make the loudest and most piercing of sounds.
You should hear the noise from a tiny Growley Grass Frog, they're as big as your little finger fingernail and sound as big as a very large dog😃
Birds and their beautiful songs add something special to our world. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and videos of these amazing creatures with us, Lesley.
So true.
Thank you
@@LesleytheBirdNerd thank you Lesley 😊
@@LesleytheBirdNerd how to tell from female hermit thrush question ❓🤔
I agree. I didn't drive for several years. Switched to a bike and started biking my local bike path through the woods alot. The birds had a huge effect on my happiness. And now I can whistle after trying to mimic them for so long. These days I still rather take a ride on my bike than get in the car. Better to be connected to the world than completely disconnected in a metal box.
Iiked and subbed. I heard the hermit thrush at dawn while camping in Colorado. I was captivated by the delicate fluid notes. I give thanks to God the Creator and Sustainer for His masterpiece birdsong symphony
This bird and it's song is what got me into birding some 4o years ago. I was hiking in the mountains of Colorado when this song caught my ear. After listening for several minutes, mesmerized, I decided that I wouldn't rest until I discovered what bird was singing that beautiful song. Thank you, Hermit Thrush. Thanks, Lesley for bringing that moment back for me.
ah thats nice. glad it brought you back
Thanks, nice little story.
What a lovely spark bird!! 😁
Around here in the northeast US, the wood thrush sounds like magic in the woods.
The most thoughtful, beautiful calls in my new england woods, the wood thrush
laser beam song
I love the song of the white-throated sparrow. Hearing it while camping in the woods is calming.
Wood Thrush songs seem to amp up just before and during a gentle rain.
I love the song of the Wood Thrush. It has a different tonal song than the Hermit Thrush, but the same crystal clear voice.
Only God can make a bird that sounds this beautiful, All praise goes to him that gives us life.
I’ve heard them for 20 years living in the country side, but never saw one. We called them « l’oiseau tube » the tube bird, because of their echoey sound, like they were signing into a tube. 😊 I’m happy to now be able to put a visual image on this sound!
Yes! My spouse and I always say it sounds like someone blowing over a straw
That's funny, I've always nicknamed the veery
"flute bird" for the same reason. Sounds like someone playing a trill on flute, think Ian Anderson for example.
I remember playing with a long tube-like whistle when I was young. You could bend it as you blew, and the whistled note would bend and trill. This is what I always thought of when I would hear the hermit thrush. That doubled, trilled note is hauntingly beautiful. It took me years to figure out which bird made that sound. We have a lot of them on our property in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and I look forward every spring to their song.
This is the precise description I have been trying to find the words for! Thank you🧡
Same hear, I swear I've heard those calls here on the Oregon coast, but I've never seen the bird that makes them!
I live in Tylertown MS and have 5acres of wooded property and in the morning when I feed my rescued animals I joyfully listen to the hermit thrush. I record it every spring so I can listen all year long. I have only seen the thrush twice in 18 years!! Marvelous!!
This is my favorite bird, mostly because of its sound. There was one in the woods across the road from me, and I was so honored to hear it. I’d like to add that to me this bird sounds like a flute; a magical flute that takes you to a place of peace.
Indeed. Very peaceful.
Right?! I always tried to describe it as a the sound of many flutes playing at once
Ten hours of this would be heavenly, honestly, this makes me feel like God is by my side physically
Is the comments working?
God’s music. 🥰
gods are myths according to my dictionary
@@kensims4086 yet what these birds sing and declare the Holiness of God and how beautiful it sounds!
@@kensims4086 Everyone holds stories, which they have adopted or concocted, that explain our origin, identity, and purpose. Do you hold yours up for scrutiny or do you just go on the internet and troll others'?
3:19 Wow! God has created the most beautiful sights and sounds if we only take the time to see and listen. Thank you for recording them for us Lesley ❤️
@@earthangel8730 You insult God, but he loves you deeply anyway. I hope you can let go of your anger, humble yourself, and figure that out one day as He helped me do.
Only an Intelligent Designer could provide us with these songbirds ❤️
@@FooFighter4774 boy, will you be surprised!
Many of my song birds moved away when their tree homes were deemed to be diseased, then cut down. I have to leave my home to hear birds. Now the cacophony of traffic sounds dull out the lovely bird songs. This video was a treat to listen to. Thanks!🌷🌷
They’re singing the praises of their Creator 🥰🙏🏻🙌🏻
The flute of paradise itself fit for the quill
of Keats, Shelly, Coleridge, and Wordsworth. There is no peace and beauty greater than the lingering twilight dawn and dusk shadows and the melancholy harmonious shrill that is magic itself . 🌎🌿🌳🐣
Let EVERYTHING that has breath praise the Lord 🙌🙌
I love ❤️ hearing the birds 🐦 in the mornings ....sweet to my ears and makes my heart happy ☝️💖
Texas Nana 🤠
Psalm 91
Amen! 😃🙌
Ontario Nana
Such a sweet lovable bird . We love hearing them to sing. It is spiritual.☺️😊🤗🙏🌻❤️
They are wonderful birds. I love hearing them
We lived for years in the Pacific NW and had many Swainson's thrushes on the property. Thrushes are a blessing and have the most haunting vocals, truly a song from heaven.
Yes, I love the Swainson’s song too. They always arrive the first of June around here (PNW) and the woods are filled with them!
I am intrigued by their ability to sing 2 notes at once! Singers all over the world would envy them if they knew!
I think you've solved a mystery for me. In June of 2011, I went camping in New Hampshire and heard the most magical bird song while walking through the woods. I'm pretty sure it was a hermit thrush. And what a beautiful story!
That's so cool. Always nice to match the sounds to a bird
Yes, I loved the story as well..
I too heard a new bird while camping at Greenfield State Park (NH). The staff didn't recognize the bird sound I imitated. I had to write to an online bird forum. A member from *California* thought it might be an eastern wood peewee based on my clumsy bird sound rendering. And it was!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I see brown thrush were I live great Birds☺️
I don’t know if anyone else said this, but your voice is very pleasant and soothing as well!
I have seen several Hermit and Swainson's Thrushes this migration. At my parents place I would seen they quite often. At a close creek, I loved to go by in the summer I would hear the Wood Thrush and only ever seen once. I have one image that I really cherish of the Swainson's Thrush. I had a metal bird bath with a bird figure that was part of it. The Thrush landed on the wing and I managed to get a few images. Brings back so many happy memories.
What a little sweetheart!
Thank you so much! Your videos are good for the heart and the soul
Thank you Edward glad you enjoy them
Absolutely beautiful! I don’t think I have ever heard a Hermit Thrush. I get to enjoy the sounds of Wood Thrush during the summer, which is ethereal and beautiful, in its own way.
Very similar birds
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I would hear American robins all day in spring singing cheerliy cheer up🎶😊
I never heard this bird before until my son passed away in the spring of 2021. I associate them with him. Someone asked me to describe the sound because I was searching for the name of the bird. I told them it was unique and otherworldly 🥰. I am so glad I know now and wait until spring to hear them every year. Thank you for the post. I used the BirdNet app.
I spent a lot of time flyfishing in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado when I was younger. In the summer months I would often hear the most beautiful bird song while fishing. It wasn't until many years later when I borrowed a set of cassette tapes on bird songs from my local library that I learned the name of this little musical meistro. To this day, the hermit thrush's song is my favorite song of any North American bird.
One of the most ethereal and enchanting songs of all time.
Imagine how awesome God is to create something that way to make such beautiful sound. The hermit thrush ha seen here. So awesome
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Leslie, your words have captured the mystical quality of this species' song. The Hermit Thrush's vespers at dusk always provided me a comforting bridge into night. Fifteen years ago I moved outside of this bird's breeding range and there is no birdsong I miss more.
Beautiful. When I hear a bird sing, I hear the universe tell me a story.
I awoke to this song, next to my long lost lover, in our tent, next to beaver ponds just below timberline in the Colorado Rockies. It was perfectly silent, save the gentle rumble of the water and this otherworldly birdsong. Words can't do experiences like thst justice. I will treasure it in my heart forever.
I love hermit thrushes, they are one of my favorite birds because they are awesome and beautiful.
Love the trilling sound of the singing Hermit Thrush transforming my nature walk into an enchanted Forest!🥰🥰🥰
Undoubtedly the most Ethereal Song by this little Seen Hermit Rush👌❤️Genuinely A Song Bird Par Excellance👌Dawn & Dusk with this Beautiful Bird’s Song in the background makes it Magically Spiritual🙏❤️
Most beautiful bird song ever. I have been lucky enough to photograph a few of them.
So fascinating to learn how the hermit thrush produces harmony in its notes. Beautiful and comprehensive info.
Magnificent... ethereal... transcendent... wild... exquisite.. magical... such beautiful enchanting songs!
I'm only picking up sweetly sweetly. Im going to keep replaying until I hear them.Jesus created some amazing creatures. Wow, all of them together was amazing.
Exquisite 💓 🐦 pure joy thank you for sharing your bird nerdiness
You forgot about the Wood Thrush! They are my favorite of the thrushes, their song is just so beautiful
I didnt forget I just wanted to keep the time down on that section, there are so many thrush's I could have added. I have plans for doing a full Wood Thrush video soon though :)
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I see, thanks for the video though, I really enjoyed it! The thrushes are really great :)
Yeh I have to agree the Wood Thrush is one fantastic sounding bird. I have an amazing recording of one in Frontenac Provincial Park near Kingston, Ontario. So amazing, so heavenly.
I could watch birds all day. I love them so. Could you imagine a world with no birdsong? I don’t want to.
Gorgeous birdsong!!! It's all I listen to while in the gardens. Another super pretty song is that of the house wren! New residents, as I hung a wren house this year... I enjoy them each & every day!
What a lovely presentation of one of my most beloved birdsongs! Nice job, Lesley! It is really cool that you managed to get pictures of our little friend in the act. I can’t imagine the number of hours and patience and diligence you had to invest to be able to gift us with these videos! And I love the stories and quotes that you shared as well.
Thank you so much, Martha. Your kind words are very appreciated. I'm lucky to have gotten that footage and I cherish them so much. I'm am so happy that you enjoyed the way we put this video together.
When living on wooded acreage as a boy I recall hearing that beautiful song while working outside. I don't remember seeing the thrush--- haha! The native american story was appreciated!
Gods wonderful blessings!❤️ Thank you Lesley
Beautiful music 🎶 🎵 👌
This is my favorite bird song in the entire world. You described it well, ethereal. So beautiful.
What a blessing that I happened to see this video! I have wondered for years and years what bird makes this gorgeous sound. It’s hauntingly beautiful like the sound of a barred owl. 💕💕
Thank you so much! We are enjoying our friends in SW Washington. The birds we have visit are amazing. I didn't realize how many we had until we started watching and setting out feeders. We are blessed with God's creatures!
When I was a child I spent many summers in the Catskill mountains in New York. One of my favorite memories from this time is listening to the Hermit Thrush in the forest. Such an ethereal sound that gives the forest a mystical quality.
We have a lot of Swainson's Thrush here in the Washington Cascades. Look forward every year for that unmistakable call most spring evenings, they will call until its fully dark long after all the other birds have gone quiet. Has to be heard in person to be fully appreciated. Love the little echo at the end. Great video.
Beautiful Birds.. I can hear that now
Thank you! I feel like you'vr confirm for me about Swainson's. I love their song and I always wondered who made it. As I was watching this video I thought the hermit thrush was similar but not quite the same, and then was so glad to hear an example of this Swainson's, but I still wasn't totally sure. Your mentioning the Cascades was what makes me feel confident that that's my little friend.
I've been in total awe of the Swainson's call ever since a birdman boyfriend introduced me to it in Washington. This video has me asking is hermit to Swainson's as religion is to mysticism -- anyone else see it that way?
Hi Lesley! I lived for about two years near a glade in a suburban area and some type of thrush lived in there. The beauty of that song is what started my greater interest in birds and was so peaceful to hear in the evening or early morning. It became a goal of mine to never live away from that sound, but sadly, that is not a usual descriptor for real estate. I do hope to live where I can hear that sound again. Until then, I have been known to look it up online just to listen again. Thank you for your videos! They make such a difference!
I hope you get your wish
You have to live near a wooded creek
@@LesleytheBirdNerd What a sweet thing to say!
@@John-Nada Thanks for the tip! Perhaps there was a creek back in that glade?
In my area (Pacific Northwest) I wait every year for the first haunting calls of Swainson's Thrush. Glorious!
You create the loveliest videos. All of our dear, beautiful bird friends & you Leslie, who have also become a dear, beautiful friend... bring such joy & peace to my day & to my heart. Thank you. God bless you.🙏♥️🇺🇲✌
What a sweet comment. Thank you. ❤
Absolutely mystified me the first time I heard it as a teen. Instantly became my favorite singer! Wish they sang in the Deep South...
So Beautiful, their singing is amazing. Love this! Thank you so much for posting, Lesley. ♥️♥️♥️
Thanks Vicki glad you enjoyed
We had the privilege of this year having a family of finches raising their brood of 4 chicks on our patio. What a delight to watch the courtship of the parents and the building of the nest which the female worked inside the nest box, the laying of the eggs and her incubating them and the male coming to feed her while she sat for days, then the hatching and hearing the cries of the wee little baby birds as they got stronger, was amazing. And then to see them one by one fly out of the nest, all successfully fledged, what heartwarming.
I hope the parents who found our bird box a good place to have their family, will return for many years so we can watch the miracle of life again and again.
I would hear these wonderful singers in the mountains of New Hampshire, especially around sunset. Magical moments.
The first time I saw the bird that sings that I couldn't believe those songs come out of such a small bird. So weird.
I felt the same way when I discovered that one of the culprits behind the loud singing I hear in the summer was a tiny House Wren. LOL 😆
Waking these recent mornings here in Central Alaska I’ve been blessed to hear the ethereal song of a Hermit Thrush outside my window. Enjoying their melody but as of yet haven’t seen them. Thanks for sharing the wonderful stories and recordings.
They are there just hid away maybe, hopefully one day you'll get to see one
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I never hear one ever 😏
@@LesleytheBirdNerd really thank you ☺️ for the cofdinece
The first time I heard the Swainson's Thrush was camping at Yosemite. I was astonished, as I had never heard anything as sweet and hypnotic. The entire day was spent chasing it with a friend, but we never got a good look at it. Later I learned it's identify, and couldn't wait to hear it again. Fast forward to Winter , where a new bird came to spend the season in my tiny yard. That new visitor was a Swainson's Thrush.! Though it stayed silent for those few months I was thrilled and blessed to have this enchanting bird for the season. That was over thirty years ago.
I had a country house for a few years and was ecstatic to hear those beautyfull bird songs, like a chorus where bird answer to bird from everywhere in the woods around us. At dusk, specially, after a complete silence, the chorus started. It felt like paradise got closer!
Ohhh this reminds me of a gorgeous birdsong I heard a few weeks back. It was foggy and dim at 8am, a bird like this was chirping loudly, its calls echoing from nearby buildings in the most eerie, beautiful ways.
I have been wondering what that song is for a while! I was calling it the "slide whistle" song in my head.
No wonder I never spot them, they hide :)
Same
Same! I've been trying to record them, but no matter how close I try to get, they are always at a healthy distance away.
- always look for them, never seen one ; figured they might be little & brown. I call ( called ) them 'the 7 o' clock bird', as that's around when I'd hear them, when I was wrapping up taking pictures. Leslie's right - there is something a little supernatural about their song. One evening I heard a little Hermit Thrush Bach, with an electric tinge to the tones - couldn't believe a bird was making those sounds !
Since you asked for people's reaction to the song of this magical little creature...the best way I can say it is that his song brings tears to my eyes...as if he is giving voice to something deep inside me that wants to express gratitude for the gift of life, the gift of song, the gift of being able to appreciate the many facets of God's inCREDible creation.
I'm in awe of birds. They are a beautiful part of God's creation that we often take for granted. Peaceful and beautiful are they!!🕊❤
They look and sound very similar to the Wood Thrushes that I hear each summer in the southeastern US.
Yes, the wood thrush's song is almost the same, but with a "brrr" at the end. When I mentioned this to a friend of mine, she remarked, "they must be cold." 😊
I've been hearing this song here in Washington State (my apartment backs up to a nature/animal reserve), and didn't know how to identify the bird as I have so many varied birds visiting my feeders. THANK YOU!!! I now know the little ones making that beautiful music!!!❤
That is great, Beverly. I'm glad you now know :)
Oh that sweet warble of heaven and those tiny skinny little legs 😇🙄 a gift to us from the higher dimensions💖
THESE BIRDS!!!
So growing up we had these long thick bendy straws that sounded like these birds when blown through.
I'm outside the Hermit Thrush's breeding range, but I've seen them occasionally during migration. I personally favor the Wood Thrush's song. Its resonant "Tweedle DEEE, Tweedle DEEE, Tweedle DUUMMM" echoing through the woods made the hairs on my neck stand up the first time I heard it. I've heard far more Wood Thrushes than I've actually seen.
Yep I would have to agree, same thing happened for me
Loved it! I didn't know hermit thrushes migrated so far south in the winter. There is a similar sounding bird called the wood thrush where I live (Alabama) and its song sounds like a cross between a hermit thrush and an eastern towhee.
These little guys are so loud in my backwoods! I love to sit and feel the joy I get from having them around. They don't stay long in my area of Western NY along lake Ontario, but I enjoy every moment of it.
Oh my Goodness Lesley....this bird sings so beautifully! I would love to hear him. I never ever seen him or heard him before in my life. Such a unique, beautiful sound. Thank you for this. I must make it my bucket list before i die, i must see this bird at least once in my lifetime. I am 63 now. Want to make it happen. I never seen this bird where i live.
So many good bird songs everywhere, thank you.
I have heard the Hermit Thrush here in northern Michigan! Amazing song. So cool they can produce 2 different tones simultaneously. Excellent video! Love the story also.
Thanks, glad you liked it
This has always been my favorite birdsong in the Midwestern woods but no one could tell me, other than it sounded like aThrush, what kind It was and I could never see it. FINALLY I got the skinny today through your video! It brought me to tears Lesley.. thank you so much!
You are welcome. :) I am so happy that you learned about your mystery bird through this video, and that you enjoyed it. Thank you 💗
I love the Hermie's!! I live deep in the woods and am very fortunate to be able to watch these and other great birds! I love when they come to the birdbath! Such a joy!
Every spring I’m very happy for the arrival of the wood thrush. Their song is sooo mystical…and gives depth to the woods that you can’t see.
I live along a river in Midwest, on the southern migratory range of the Hermit and do not believe I’ve heard one, but will be sure to listen.
Great video!
Thanks.
Totally agree that it is a spiritual experience! I’ve heard them in Mexico a lot and here in Quebec during spring and summer. But it’s the first time I learn who is responsible for this beauty! Thanks a lot for your content!
The songs of the Hermit Thrush together with the White Throated Sparrow are my favourite sounds of the northern Ontario Canada forests. They seem to sing at the same times of day, in the same locations.
I’m fortunate to have a log cabin in the woods north of Sault Ste Marie and spend many hours listening to their haunting melodies.
I love these sweet little birds, we are blessed to have these, and the Wood Thrush in the forest and woods all around us, we live in the Middle of two nature preserves.
This is what i needed right now in my life, thanks for sharing this video, this really sparked my interest in birdwatching. Many thanks ☺️
Glad you enjoyed it and it sparked an interest! Thank you
I love hearing these birds and have had some wonderful moments listening to a chorus of multiple hermits singing in an alpine meadow. I always look forward to hearing them every summer.
I only learned of the hermit thrush within the last couple of years, but I've been enjoying its song my whole life. It really does sound transcendent and otherworldly. It stirs the spirit and makes me feel utterly at peace.
The song of the hermit thrush and also of the Robin have always been my very favourite bird songs. I find it to be very haunting.
So lovely! I have never even heard of the Hermit Thrush. Such a beautiful song voice. I hope one day to be able to see & hear one in person! Thank you for sharing this with us!! 👩🦳💕💕🥰🥰
Maybe one day!
A very nice video Leslie.
thank you
Giving thanks for sharing one of a multitude of Mother Nature's magnificently unique sentient beings 🍃 Here in CT South Africa the elusive Robin is a song to behold at dawn communicating with it's mate at least a km away 🎶 and of course our beloved minute Suikerbekkie, brilliant iridescent colours and a song with an orchestra of chirps, tones and tweets made effortlessly while flittering around from flower to flower 🎵 how truly blessed we are to have such spectacular and awe-inspiring experiences WOW! 💫😀🌠🎼
I have Hermit and Wood Thrush in the woods surrounding my home and there is nothing finer than hearing them as the sun heads down below the mountain tops. I'd argue that the Wood Thrush is just as captivating a singer.
OMG- this one of my favorite songs though I have only ever heard it in recordings ("Solitudes" by Dan Gibson). We have the Wood Thrush and Robins here in southern NH, in my area, as the thrush family goes. It's mystical! Ethereal. There may be Hermit Thrushes in NH but I just haven't heard them where I live.
And what a great story! Their song puts me ‘right’. I feel at home with myself and the world when i hear their song. Your explanation is spot on. Its like a nervous system massage. 💛
It believe it was a Swainson's Thrush who perched on our chimney, and gave us a beautiful concert one day. I just knew it as a brown thrush. Thank you for this lovely Hermit Thrush video. 🇨🇦
My Lord and my God, how wonderful! Thank so much.
Thank you too!
I live in the Hermit Thrush winter range. Easier to see them in forest without leaves but still elusive. In January this year one began singing unseen in brush. First time over the years I've ever heard one sing.
We are lucky to hear wood thrushes and veery, or silvery pipes birds as we have nicknamed them, but thanks to your clear description of their song, I will perhaps be more successful at identifying the hermit thrush's song. Love your channel!
Thank you, Alison. I hope you hear the incredible song.
I used to live in the high mountains of Colorado where Hermit Thrush returns every Spring and Summer. I would wait for their singing to start around May 15th and would grieve the waning of it as it came to a stop around July 15th. I would hike into the forest and soak in as much fresh air and song as I could. The songs in this video take me back to those blissful days. So beautiful.