Brown Thrasher
Weekend at the cabin. Did a little birding with the kids (4 and 7). Tons of Orioles and various sparrows, wrens, small brown birds. One item of interest, my first Brown Thrasher. It was acting very aggressively in a brush pile at edge of woodsy swamp area. It was making the "smacking" sound mentioned here:
Perhaps we were too close to nest?
That describes our situation to a "T".
Also seen: Nice soaring Bald Eagle, Hummingbirds at feeders, Swallows galore, and thousands of dragon flys. Did not see: Blue Bird, Eastern Kingbird (my favorite).
Voice A variety of musical phrases, each repeated twice; call a sharp smack!
Perhaps we were too close to nest?
Nesting 4 or 5 pale blue, brown-dotted eggs in a large, coarsely built nest of twigs, leaves, and rootlets lined with grass. The nest is usually near the ground in a dense, often thorny bush.
That describes our situation to a "T".
Also seen: Nice soaring Bald Eagle, Hummingbirds at feeders, Swallows galore, and thousands of dragon flys. Did not see: Blue Bird, Eastern Kingbird (my favorite).
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