Young birds and new birds

This young male Cardinal bird has been visiting the garden regularly for a while now, with one or both of his parents.

Although he is now adult sized and is rapidly developing his full adult plumage, he is still quite happy to be fed if his parents will oblige!

This evening we had a new visitor, a small thrush.

According to our bird book he is a Grey-Cheeked Thrush, although there are other quite similar thrushes so it is difficult to be sure.