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 long ...

Many Columbians will get a glimpse of a brown thrasher this summer and will assume it is a female cardinal as it darts into shrubs and disappears into the foliage. The silhouettes are somewhat similar ...

Have you ever cleaned up one of your flower beds only to walk back out there to see it back in the very mess you just spent half the day cleaning up? I can’t begin to tell you the messes I have seen ...

Claim to fame: Among birders, brown thrashers are known to have one of the largest song repertoires of any North American bird. In Missouri, these robin-sized birds can be found in thickets, brushy ...

It was one of those stunning September mornings. The air was crisp, the sky was full of high clouds, and a light dew had fallen during the night. My walk through the meadow required a little care to ...

"This afternoon brown thrashers are very numerous and musical. It is a bird that appears to make a business of singing for its own amusement. There is great variety in its strains." -- Henry David ...

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 tends to be inconspicuous ...

Whenever I am in one of those long stretches of highway and cell coverage is spotty, my mind often takes to rambling. Recently, on a drive a couple hours south on U.S. 441, I kept noticing the variety ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AGFC) - The Brown Thrasher is a common bird throughout Arkansas, year-round. They are in the same family as the Northern Mockingbird, and though their plumage is quite different ...

Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the brown thrasher, usually seen in North America. Brown thrashers are related to ...