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Tag: Brown Thrasher

  • Being Bold

    I’m thoroughly enjoying this elusive bird showing off its bold side. Circumstances must be just right for this Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) to step out and be seen. This picture is from today. Usually they are hidden under dense bushes. Hiding from my camera. Not so the past couple days with tempting blueberries on the…

  • A Mimic

    The Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) is a bird that resides up here during the summer, but one that I seldom see. It enjoys eating insects that it finds in leaf litter under dense, low growing shrubs. It will also eat fruits and seeds. Due the presence of Black Bears (Ursus americanus), I normally don’t have…

  • What’s Up There?

    What’s Up There?

    I had another visit today, from a wonderful bird, a Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum). They don’t get seen often, but my blueberries are ripe now and they love them. Blueberries are a sure draw for many birds. Over the course of just a couple minutes I was able to get more than 40 images of…

  • Oh Those Yellow Eyes

    Oh Those Yellow Eyes

    One more post on the Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) and, about those incredible piercing bright yellow eyes. As a hatchling the Brown Thrasher has blue eyes, as the bird grows the eyes change to ashen and then on to the yellow that you see in my photos of adult Brown Thrashers.