Go Ahead...Just Tell Me

Just look at that face...:)

Could it be any cuter???

Spotting it while out on the deck about two weeks ago, I just had to snap...

and snap...

and snap.

While I snapped, I listened to the sound this little creature made which is what drew me in to begin with.

So originally, I wanted you to...just tell me what this darling is because I didn't have a clue. 

However...

 I "follow" FABirding and Wildlife Watching With FAB and when I told Frank I had pix and was totally clueless, he offered to take a peek.  Well thanks to Frank, I now know what it is and, as always...

just saying and sharing...

Wild Bird Wednesday

The Bird D'Pot

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'...it is a thrush called an [Eastern] Veery (Catharus fuscescens).

Common in mature deciduous and mixed woodland. 

Description: Although similar to other spotted thrushes it is the most reddish-brown above; pale eye-ring; weak brownish lateral throat-stripe (just discernible in image 1); weakly spotted upper breast and bright white belly. 

Song is described as smooth, rolling, spiraling "vrdi vrreed vreed vreer vreer" with ethereal fluting quality and descending in two stages. Itscall is a nasal. rough, braying "jerrr".

Link for Veery ID and sounds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Veery/sounds

Link for Sibley's Guides:  http://www.sibleyguides.com/about/

Oh, and Frank, if you're out there...many THANKS again and air hugs, too...:)