Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 

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Identification

• medium-sized songbird with long tail, long dark bill
• rusty brown above with light wingbars
• white below with dark streaks
• yellow eyes
• 11.5" (29 cm.)

Habitat

• shrubby uplands, forest edges, brushy oldfields

Additional Information

• common migrant and summer resident
• sings a series of melodious notes, often in pairs
• mimics other birds' songs
• call note is an emphatic "tsuck"
• spends time on the ground foraging
• nests are usually low in trees or shrubs
• fairly common on the Kickapoo Reserve in summer