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Brown Thrasher

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Brown Thrasher

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Brown Thrasher

I haven't seen this one in a while, almost missed it too!

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Brown Thrasher

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Brown Thrasher

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Brown Thrasher

Hanging out in the bird blind has it's advantages-such as this photo here, and can have a few disadvantages too, but the advantages have far outweighed the disadvantages for me so far!!

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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. (eBird)

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Their song is distinctive but cannot be described. They like to sing from the top of a tree and are often much further away than you would except based on volume. Often skittish to approach. This one was just enjoying the sunshine in between brief spurts of song.

Carden Alvar, Ramara, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.

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I saw a few Brown Thrashers at Carden Alvar last spring, but this one is a little more co-operative.

Brown Thrasher - Carden Alvar, Ontario

Every year we get these birds nesting in our pine trees and I usually hear their beautiful singing before I spot them. It is estimated that the brown thrasher has more than 1,100 song types, making them one of the most varied singers in the bird world. Photographed through my window.

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Brown Thrasher

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Brown Thrasher

sings a series of varied melodious phrase, each phrase usually given only two or three times

Common in hedgerows or woodland edges

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From a walk around Hillman Marsh a few weeks ago - - a Brwon Thrasher was seen from a great distance - - I snuck along the edge of the forest and along the low point of a ditch in order to pop up alot closer - - it gave me a few shots before it walked off into the deeper woods

Brown Thrasher - Ontario

Jumping Brown Thrasher

Beautiful Bird

Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/7.1, 1/800, ISO 250. View Large.

I've had a pair of these showing up in my backyard on a daily basis eating dried fruits and nuts I scatter in my grass. They've been quite difficult to shoot as they are very jittery birds and take off as soon as they see me. I was finally able to capture this photo through my window. 😊

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Brown Thrasher...an elusive bird not usually seen in back yards, but probably a stop-by on way to nesting grounds in thickets or dense brush.

Only thrasher to live east of the Rockies...state bird of Georgia.

Has largest repertoire of song birds, unfortunately did not sing on its short visit.

Photographed from inside the house, lucky timing!

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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. (eBird)

A very unexpected surprise as we walked the trails. Brown Thrashers are eastern birds, rarely straying past the Rockies. It was a one-morning wonder - no one could relocate after we reported, and photographed, it.

McQueen's Slough, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.

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Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/800, ISO 450. View Large.

Nikon Z 9, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/640, ISO 1800. Singing male. View Large.

Toxostoma rufum

Brown Thrasher

An aggressive defender of its nest, the Brown Thrasher is known to strike people and dogs hard enough to draw blood.

Wish I knew this ahead of time

Cool fact: both males and females help incubate the eggs and feed the young. Nestlings sometimes leave the nest fully feathered within nine days of hatching.

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Nikon Z 9, 800mm S PF, 1/640, f/6.3, ISO 5600. View Large.

Brown Thrasher

Nikon Z 9, 800mm S PF, 1/640, f/6.3, ISO 220. View Large.

Two of these beauties are hanging out in the yard daily. I have watched them catch butterflies in flight. They are very good at population control. Of course, butterfly population control is not what I had in mind when I started butterfly gardening. Between these two and the Great Crested Flycatcher that has been hanging around it's a wonder that there are any butterflies out there.

Thankfully, the butterflies are doing well. Yesterday there were three monarchs, they seem to be the favorite meal for the Flycatcher. I was not able to count the number of Zebra Longwings, they are plentiful. Two giant swallowtails a Tiger Swallowtail and several Orange Barred Sulfurs. Oh, and a Gulf Fritillary and I cannot forget the Polydamas (goldrims). There were at least four of those.

I just got my reminder to clean and fill the feeders... Time to go play.

Have a wonderful day and happy snapping.

These birds are really skittish when they see you. This one ran underneath my pine tree where the pair is nesting. The thrashers are very territorial birds, especially when defending their nests. I see them diving quite often onto the ground squirrels which are living in the same area.

Best viewed large, taken through my window at ground level.