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Our Brown Thrasher (1 Viewer)
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peter hayes
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Another nice one KC - lovely markings.
Aren't they gorgeous? I really love their colors and you captured him so well!
I've had one at my feeders (both in the tree and up on the fence post) most of the past month or so. Now, the Monster Mocker chases him away. It's so sad, that Mockingbird really dislikes him. He will chase him all over the yard and into the trees. I miss seeing him.
I've had one at my feeders (both in the tree and up on the fence post) most of the past month or so. Now, the Monster Mocker chases him away. It's so sad, that Mockingbird really dislikes him. He will chase him all over the yard and into the trees. I miss seeing him.
They are quite large Tony. Here's a description for you.
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Description 11 1/2" (29 cm). Rufous-brown above, white below with dark brown streaks. Curved bill, long tail; yellow eye. See Long-billed Thrasher.
Voice A variety of musical phrases, each repeated twice; call a sharp smack!
Habitat Thickets, fields with scrub, and woodland borders.
Nesting 4 or 5 pale blue, brown-dotted eggs in a large, coarsely built nest of twigs, leaves, and rootlets lined with grass. The nest is usually near the ground in a dense, often thorny bush.
Range Breeds from southeastern Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and northern New England south to Gulf Coast and Florida. Winters in southern part of breeding range.
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Description 11 1/2" (29 cm). Rufous-brown above, white below with dark brown streaks. Curved bill, long tail; yellow eye. See Long-billed Thrasher.
Voice A variety of musical phrases, each repeated twice; call a sharp smack!
Habitat Thickets, fields with scrub, and woodland borders.
Nesting 4 or 5 pale blue, brown-dotted eggs in a large, coarsely built nest of twigs, leaves, and rootlets lined with grass. The nest is usually near the ground in a dense, often thorny bush.
Range Breeds from southeastern Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and northern New England south to Gulf Coast and Florida. Winters in southern part of breeding range.
Thank you Tammie, and, I hope you get to see one soon.
Thank you Peter, they do have neat markings.
Thanks Sal, it is a neat place to learn all about the birds.
I find it so strange Wanda that I have yet to see any warblers at my feeders or suet. Can't figure that one out.
Thank you Peter, they do have neat markings.
Thanks Sal, it is a neat place to learn all about the birds.
I find it so strange Wanda that I have yet to see any warblers at my feeders or suet. Can't figure that one out.
Wingwatcher
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Great shot, KC. I spent time hearing them and not finding these guys before.
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