Name: Brown thrasher . Description: The brown thrasher is a large bird, 9 to 12 inches long with a reddish brown upper body and a white belly streaked with brown. Although it's fairly common, it t… ...

The northern mockingbird is a well-known member of a family of birds called mimic thrushes. It lives here all year and, true to its name, imitates the songs of other ...

Reclusive, secretive and ground-dwelling can all be used to describe the brown thrasher, this week’s featured creature. I am revisiting these birds as I've had the pleasure of seeing them quite ...

The widespread thrasher of eastern North America, the brown thrasher is generally a secretive bird of dense thickets and hedgerows. Often seen feeding on the ground, probing for insects with its ...

I’ve never met anyone that didn’t adore the brown thrasher. These birds can be tricky to glimpse, as they blend in with the brushy shrubbery they like to nest in.

It’s been a banner year for brown thrashers at my home. In recent weeks, these large songbirds have provided plenty of entertainment by bringing their young to the feeders. They especially like ...

Types of Thrasher Birds to Know. The U.S. Southwest, Mexico and the Caribbean islands are thrasher hot spots. The curve-billed is the most common in the Southwestern states, while a look-alike ...

The brown thrasher, a big, foxy red songbird with a repertoire of more than 1,000 song types, became Georgia’s state bird in 1935 by a proclamation of the governor.

If you should ever peer into a thicket and here a thrashing sound and see dead leaves flying in all directions, don’t be concerned. Most likely it is simply a brown thrasher on the feed. This ...

“Ecstasy on the wing” is an apt description of our brown thrasher, songbird of the Carolinas. It’s an extraordinary bird with many aliases, variously listed as a thrasher, a brown thrush ...