This week's Bird of the Week is Brown Thrasher!
Brown Thrashers are a large type of mockingbird, slightly larger than a Northern Mockingbird. They have bright brown upperparts and a spotted white belly. They also have yellow eyes and a long tail. This bird forages for insects, fruits, nuts, and seeds on the ground, so it likes shrubby areas and open woodland.
Brown Thrashers can be found east of the Rocky Mountains, with birds that only spend the summer in the north-central and northeast U.S. and southern Canada. Birds are mostly year round in the southern United States, as well as much of the eastern seaboard. In New York City, thrashers can be found during migration, summer, and even winter. New York is the northern limit of wintering thrashers, and several spend the winter here each year. In Central Park, one could turn up at the edge of a clearing, but the best place to look for them is Strawberry Fields. It has lots of shrubs and bushes, as well as fruiting trees and berries.
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