Male plumage is a brightly orange/red colored breast and belly, with gray wings, back, tail. Head is dark with small white streaking on the throat, and a broken eye-ring. Female plumage similar to male, only paler in color. Juvenile heavily spotted breast (black spots on orange breast). Males and females have a yellow beak.

Widely distributed in a variety of habitats including residential areas, riparian areas, and pinyon/juniper and ponderosa pine habitats.

Common in appropriate habitat

Diet consists of invertebrates, fruit and berries. Occurs in small flocks in the winter months.

Invertebrates, berries, fruit not a seed eater.

Hermit Thrush

Watson Woods, Granite Creek Park, Strikland Park, Goldwater Lake, Lynx Lake, residential areas