hermit found

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Alone the hermit, songster from the north.

For a naturalist/educator, it's always nice to find a reclusive bird for your students. I had just finished my Winter Birds Class indoors, showing photos of the birds that spend their winters at the nature center, when as a group, we walked outside and soon found one of our target species. The shy hermit himself.

The two hermit thrush photos were taken by Warren Hamlin, who attended my class at Ijams with his wife. We found the thrush near the parking lot. The solitary bird was mute, but it gave us a wonderfully long look.

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