BN, that was really great description/comparison between the two. Thanks much for your input. Think you, Jan, and beegood are right on about it being a song sparrow! -mxyplx, maybe a new prescription is in order??? ;-) This guy isn't a Junco, but don't you just love those little guys? Never used to have them (or at least see them) around this particular area until a few years ago. Now they are all over the place and I am very glad of it! Think the ones around here may be the Oregon Junco... CMK

First, Rachel your photos are INCREDIBLE!! And thanks for the info. I don't think I've seen a wood thrush from your explanation, just the Brown Thrasher. Hey Donna, here we are another year...hope it's a quiet one :) Anyway, last year a Brown Thrasher made a nest in the most unlikely place IMO. In a abelia bush (attracts bees) right next to the steps from the deck to the ground, the steps that my husband and I and 4 dogs pass CLOSELY every day, several times a day. Somedays I'd just see the beak of the one on the nest. There were 3 eggs but only 1 hatched. One day the 3 eggs were there, the next day just 1. The baby thrasher was cute as cute could be. I watched it takes its first 'tumble' out of the nest and then it's first flight. My DH cut back the bush TOO MUCH (I said 'trim it.' Grrrr......... Oh well, maybe it will find a place to nest where I can still watch it. Now if I can only find the wood thrush who's singing the non-thraster/mocker/catbird song. Do they nest like the thrashers and robins do? Thanks again, Linda...

Thanks Tucker and TMFF! I'm not sure I've ever seen a Hermit thrush before......or maybe I was calling it something else. I should have looked a little further in my bird book......as it says its reddish tail is its mark. Its been hanging out in the gravel driveway outside my kitchen window. There are a couple of them. It keeps picking up things out of the drive......not sure what. It seems to stand still alot. Maybe its just thinking? :) Thanks again!

Google thrush and yogurt. Yogurt is supposed to help. I've read that you can also use it on your nipples. I got my own case of oral thrush shortly after I became pregnant with my second child. I found an on-line article that gave a recipe for vinegar and water rinsing solution. It helped get rid of the problem. You would be be able to use this on your nipples, but I don't think I would orally feed it to a baby. It stung like the dickens the first time I used it and it tasted bad. Constantly wearing a bra and breast pads keeps your nipples in constant moistness which allows the yeast to thrive. It helps to cut down on the conditions that allow the yeast to grow. I found it useful was to not wear a bra for a few hours a day when I was at home. I couldn't go topless so I would always wear an old cotton t-shirt or something. It helped. I know you've been to the doctor. I'd try a few more things and then contact a different doctor if something doesn't work. You may need to find another medication. If your pediatrician isn't listening, then I would find another.