Thrush [?], New York (1 Viewer)

[Pinewood]

Hello,

This afternoon, I spotted a thrush like bird, on the ground, outside my window. The prominent features which I noted were on the top of the head: two dark stripes, separated by a light brown or cinnamon stripe. The breast was light coloured with spots. There may have been a white eye ring, but I am not certain.

Any suggestions?

Happy bird watching,
Arthur :brains:

 

[etudiant]

Hello,

This afternoon, I spotted a thrush like bird, on the ground, outside my window. The prominent features which I noted were on the top of the head: two dark stripes, separated by a light brown or cinnamon stripe. The breast was light coloured with spots. There may have been a white eye ring, but I am not certain.

Any suggestions?

Happy bird watching,
Arthur :brains:

An Ovenbird?
The spotted breast and the cinnamon crown stripe would fit, and they stalk around going from morsel to morsel in the underbrush just like a thrush.
Nice one in any event. They are always a joy to see.

 

[Tiraya]

The stripes on head and overall description sound good for Ovenbird.

See here: http://www.pinebarrensanimals.com/web_images/pix1/ovenbird1.jpg

 

[Pinewood]

Hello Silverwolf and Etudiant,

Thank you, as you are undoubtedly correct. I have not seen one in a while and had only thumbed through the thrushes in Peterson's. The ovenbird is among the warblers. This is the first time I have seen one from my flat.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur :egghead:

 

[stonechat1]

I wonder about the description "The breast was light coloured with spots.". AFAIK the Ovenbird shows streaks and not spots like the thrushes.

 

[Jan-Paul Charteris]

I wonder about the description "The breast was light coloured with spots.". AFAIK the Ovenbird shows streaks and not spots like the thrushes.

See link - Ovenbird spots often (usually) run together in trails of spots, but it always looks like close-knit series of spots rather than streaks as such

The description is spot on () for Ovenbird

http://www.birdxbird.org/OVENBIRD%206%2007.jpg

 

[stonechat1]

Jan-Paul, there´s no doubt about the ID, the "two dark stripes, separated by a light brown or cinnamon stripe" makes the bird distinctive together with the breast description.
Maybe it´s just my personal taste that I would descripe the "spots" rather as "streaks" based on their rather elongate then round visual nature.
http://www.roysephotos.com/zzOvenbird26D.jpg

Let´s move on to ID the next unknowns