Veery Images

Veery Images, Facts and Information:

Catharus fuscescens

• Veeries are small forest thrushes with light brown upperparts, white underparts, and a light tawny breast with faint brownish spots. They have pink legs and a poorly defined eye ring. Birds in the eastern parts of their range are more cinnamon-colored, while western birds are more olive-brown.
• Veeries are long-distance migrators. They breed in humid deciduous forests across southern Canada and the northern United States and migrate to eastern South America for the winter, including the Amazon basin and parts of Venezuela and Brazil.
• Veeries thrive in dense growth and understory close to water sources, such as streams, within deciduous forests.
• Veeries eat insects and berries. During the breeding season, insects are their main food source, while fruit and berries dominate their diet in late summer and fall.
• Veeries lay 3 to 5 greenish-blue eggs, which are incubated for 10 to 14 days by the female. Both parents feed the nestlings, which leave the nest between 10 and 12 days after hatching.
• Veeries are known for their breezy, downward-spiraling, flute-like song, often given from a low and concealed perch. Their most common call is a harsh, descending “vee-er,” which gave the bird its name.

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