A largish, pale brown thrasher with uniform brown upperparts and round, somewhat blurry spots on the underparts. Wings have noticeable whitish wing bars, particularly in eastern birds. Tail has ...

And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding.

The widespread thrasher of eastern North America, the brown thrasher is generally a secretive bird of dense thickets and hedgerows. Often seen feeding on the ground, probing for insects with its ...

A brown thrasher searches for food in a residential backyard. Notice the strong bill that it uses to thrash about in leaf ...