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Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

Bird about the size of an American Robin, with very long tail. Chestnut brown on back, heavily spotted on chest and belly. Amber eye color.

Habitat:

One of a pair flying back and forth from one hedgerow to another across an open, grassy area.

Reference Links:

Brown Thrasher, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (1)
Ava T-B
Beautiful! I love this meme: birds on barbed wire.

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PublishedMay 17, 2013

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