Hermit Thrushes

The migration season has been nicely bracketed by the appearance of hermit thrushes. They showed up in early April to begin the season, and now, in late October, they're back again. When they're gone, that will probably be it for migrants for this year. In the spring, these birds are pretty much ground feeders, but now, in fall, they're up in the trees and hedges, eating wild grapes, if that's what those things are. I wonder if some of these birds I'm seeing are the same individuals who passed through in the spring. I guess there's only one way to tell, and it's probably illegal. In any event, they're pretty numerous.