[NatureNS] Brown Thrasher

Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:35:50 -0300
From: Hans Toom <Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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Hi all,

A Brown Thrasher is a daily regular at our place this month.  It arrived without ceremony or song sometime in the last month or two.  It's hard to tell since it's a secretive bird of the underbrush and this one is also silent.  The silence would indicate that it's a female or it could be of either sex if nesting has begun. Both sexes become silent after the first egg is layed and they even tone down their songs during courtship.  Some accounts of this species indicate that the female sings faintly, as well, but I have no personal experience with her song in the field. The bird or birds could have been here for some time since neither Laura nor I are particularly diligent about checking our feeders in the summertime, since we believed, that summertime provided no backyard bird surprises.  

There are predatory cats, squirrels, corvids and raptors in this area so startling the birds off a nest by "pishing" or Screech Owl warbling is about the worst thing anyone can do. A Brown Thrasher's nest is low, sometimes on the ground.

Here's an account of this bird by John James Audubon. You may need a kleenex on hand when your read this account. 

Hans

http://www.50states.com/bird/brthrash.htm
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Hans Toom
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A Brown Thrasher is a daily regular at our place 
this month.&nbsp; It arrived without ceremony or song sometime in the last month 
or two.&nbsp; It's hard to tell since it's a secretive bird of the underbrush 
and this one is also silent.&nbsp; The silence would indicate that it's a female 
or it could be of either sex if&nbsp;nesting has begun. Both sexes become silent 
after the first egg is layed and they even tone down their songs during 
courtship.&nbsp; Some accounts of this species indicate that the female sings 
faintly,&nbsp;as well, but I have no personal experience with her song in the 
field.&nbsp;The bird or birds could have been here for some time since neither 
Laura nor I are particularly diligent about checking our feeders in the 
summertime, since we believed, that summertime provided no backyard bird 
surprises.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are predatory cats, squirrels, 
corvids&nbsp;and raptors in this area so startling the birds off a nest by 
"pishing" or Screech Owl warbling is about the worst thing anyone can do.&nbsp;A 
Brown Thrasher's nest is low, sometimes on the ground.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's an account of this bird by&nbsp;John James 
Audubon. You&nbsp;may need a kleenex on hand when your read this 
account.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
href="http://www.50states.com/bird/brthrash.htm">http://www.50states.com/bird/brthrash.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial 
size=2>________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>When 
viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation buttons on my 
website<BR>________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>Hans 
Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>E-mail: <A 
href="mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca</A><BR>Migration 
Count: <A 
href="http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html">http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html</A><BR>Nature 
Website: http://hanstoom.com 
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