Return Of The Songster

 

Almost to the day this foxy-brown bird with heavy, dark streaking on their whitish underparts returned last week. The face is gray-brown and the wings show two black-and-white wingbars. They have bright-yellow eyes. 

An aggressive defender of its nest, this bird is known to strike people and dogs hard enough to draw blood.  Aggression aside the name of this bird comes from the sound the critter makes when scratching through debris on the ground.

A prolific songster, this bird is endowed with one of the most varied repertoire of any bird studied. A single male can sing over 2000 songs. 

A personal favorite; the Brown Thrasher!

 

We've had a long and enduring relationship with this species and you'll find it has earned multiple turns on the pages of this blog.  Enter thrasher in the search box in the upper-left corner and you can read them all.