I heard the paired notes of a singing male brown thrasher on Saturday, March 29, confirming the return of this large songbird. The thrasher was singing from a dead blue spruce tree surrounded by a ...

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 ...

Nearly 400 birds, mostly brown pelicans, near Hatteras Inlet were found dead last month from suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza.