What is a brown thrasher?
Brown Thrasher is a large, red -brown bird found primarily in the United States and Canada. It is an official state bird of Georgia. Its scientific name is Rufum toxostoma and belongs to the Mimidae family, which makes it associated with mockery and new world cats. It is an omnipotent bird that tends to hide in a bush and low trees, breeding in spring and summer. His song sometimes mimics other birds and tends to have a little repetition.
The brown thrasher is reddish -brown on most of the body, with some lighter stripes on the wings. It has a light colored underside with scattered black stripes. It has a gray face with yellow eyes and a long curved beak. His tail is approximately the same as his body, with a long, disheveled, reddish -brown feathers. Adult birds usually reach an average length of about 11 to 12 inches (28 to 30.5 cm) with a span that measures about 13 inches (33 cm).
The native area of the brown -eating area is located in the United States and Canada, especially to the east of the rockyMountains. These birds are migratory, spend years in the northern states and are located throughout the year in the southern states. They tend to prefer low trees, shrubs and brushes over more open areas, but they will be easily near civilization in rural and suburban regions.
The brown thrasher diet is omnipotent, which means that plants and animals. Preferred foods include beetles and other insects, small invertebrates such as worms, fruit, nuts, berries and seeds. The brown thrasher hunt food during the day, using its long beak to search the debris and leaves on the ground.
As a relative MOCKINGBIRD, the song Brown Thrasher tends to include quite a lot of imitations. It usually repeats the sound two to three times in a row, a break, and then releases a new sound, repeating it. They often sing and are usually heard before they are seen because they often hide on low trees and shrubs.
During the breeding time, both male and female brown thrasher work on the construction of a nest in a bush or with a low tree with lots of shelter in front of predators. It is usually shaped as a cup, made of twigs and sticks and lined with grass. The woman puts two to six light blue eggs with brownish spots and both birds incubate eggs for about 11 to 14 days. When the chickens hatch, they are small and helpless, so both parents take care of them until they are ready to leave the nest and fly, usually in less than two weeks.