"In some landscapes, " they wrote, " there were more cowbird eggs than wood thrush eggs per nest ."
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Then, from a dogwood, flows the rich, flutelike ee-o-lay, ee-o-lay of a wood thrush, one of Georgia's sweetest songsters.
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Eastern bluebird is common in the more open areas, wood thrush is found nesting wherever trees create a canopy overhead.
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Ovenbirds, black-throated green warblers, wood thrushes, blue-headed vireo and common yellowheads are the major species of birds in the watershed.
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The wood thrush is a medium-sized song of the male is often cited as being the most beautiful in North America.
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On a summer evening I was caught in the crossfire of dueling wood thrushes, each defending his portion of the forest.
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Because of this, it is often confused with the smaller wood thrush ( " Hylocichla mustelina " ), among other species.
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These species include the well-known wood thrush and scarlet tanager and their relatives plus a colorful assortment of warblers, vireos and flycatchers.
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Its closest relative is the wood thrush of the monotypic genus " Hylocichla ", which is sometimes merged into " Catharus ".
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This bird has been displaced in some parts of its range by the related wood thrush ( " Hylocichla mustelina " ).