Two different looking birds landed in my yard by Lake Ontario early this afternoon on a cold front. The first two photos might be the same individual. The second in photo # 3 showed 35 minutes later. I have trouble sorting them out in fall. Any help would be most appreciated.
I think we can safely rule out Veery and Hermit, and this is definitely not a Wood Thrush. The most likely then would be Swainson's or Grey-cheeked. I am not that confident on applying a sure answer here though. These thrushes are tough to positively ID through visuals only.
Thank you, Daniel. I wouldn't be able to ID these thrushes by sound. I can go with the visual as being Swainson's based on this visual ID from an identified Grey-cheeked that was in my yard 27 October 2014. Does this visual help?