Veery

This warm cinnamon-brown thrush is more often heard than seen, foraging quietly on the floor of moist deciduous woodland across the northern United States and Canada in summer. Its song, a descending, flute-like spiral of notes, is one of the most distinctive sounds of dusk in eastern forests and is the most reliable way to confirm its presence. Listening at dawn or dusk from late spring through mid-summer, near damp woodland with a shaded understorey, gives the best chance of hearing a singing male.