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Brown Thrasher -
(Toxostoma rufum) 

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Identification

  • Medium-sized songbird with long tail,
         long dark bill
  • Rusty brown above with light wingbars
  • White below with dark streaks
  • Yellow eyes
  • 11.5" (29 cm.)

Habitat

  • Shrubby uplands, forest edges,
         brushy oldfields

Additional Information

  • Common migrant and summer resident
  • Sings a series of melodious notes,
         often in pairs
  • Mimics other birds' songs
  • Call note is an emphatic "tsuck"
  • Spends time on the ground foraging
  • Nests are usually low in trees or shrubs
  • Fairly common on the KVR in summer

Brown Thrasher on a tree branch

Brown Thrasher showing long tail 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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