A Songster

An early visitor. At about 8 o’clock this morning this Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) came by looking for a bite to eat. It’s not particular about what a meal might be. A bird that is about the size of a Robin or Crow looks for berries and small fruits, nuts and seeds, and quite popular – acorns. It will also consume various insects, beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, true bugs, spiders, worms, snails, crayfish, lizards and frogs to name just a few.

The Brown Thrasher is in the family, Mimidae, the same family as the Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) and the Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos). These birds, all three of them, are quite talented with their vast repertoire of songs they can sing, also calls of frogs, and mechanical sounds.

Such talent!

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “A Songster”

    1. Hi Bev! Great to hear from you. I know exactly what you’re saying. I don’t often see a Brown Thrasher either but when I do I’m really elated. That’s in part because if they stand in just the right way, they remind me of New Mexico’s state bird, the Roadrunner.

      Thanks for reading my posts. AND I’m sending hugs to you and Lynn!
      Bren

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