The hermit thrush is called the American nightingale. It sings a song clear and sweet. A song of haunting notes with such purity that no musical instrument can duplicate. The nesting range is one of the most extensive for a forest nesting migratory species. It stretches ocean to ocean in a broad band across the northern hardwood forests of Canada and northeastern United States as well as the coniferous mountain forests of the West to the Mexican Border.
Hermit thrushes nest in all high mountain ranges in Utah.
The hermit thrush is appropriately named. A hermit lives alone. Single bird hermit thrush sightings are the norm. The species does not flock. A hermit is reclusive.