Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum rufum) - 20140611-05

Longer-tailed and slightly larger than a robin. Rich rufous upperparts and heavy dark streaking on whitish underparts. Yellow eyes. Often skulks in thick vegetation in scrubby fields and forest edges. Mimics other species in its song, delivering a complex string of paired phrases.

 

Nortel Marsh, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 2014.

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