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Brown thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

This large bird is very attractive but can look amazingly grumpy (photos 3 and 4), perhaps because most of the suet was gone.

Habitat:

My yard

Reference Links:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Maria dB
Yes, mpvettch, you're right - it's a Carolina wren!
mpvettch
The bird in the background looks like a type of wren

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PublishedJune 7, 2014

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