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wood thrush, with which the thrasher is often confused. Both have the same rich, reddishbrown color. The thrasher’s white breast is streaked while the thrush shows distinct spots. Also, the brown thrasher is a longer bird.
The mimic thrushes are long-tailed, long-billed slender birds with comparatively short wings. While the mockingbird does not migrate and stays with us throughout the year, both the catbird and the thrasher take flight to the Gulf states in October.
There has been continued speculation regarding the word thrasher. What is its derivation? I’ve been reading about the brown thrasher in Arthur Cleveland Bent’s Life Histories of North American Birds. What a fine source of information are these volumes.
One writer speculates that “thrasher” comes from thrashing movement of the bird’s tail when it fearlessly defends its nest. Many writers tell of having blood drawn from the attack of a thrasher.
I know about this. I lost no blood but a thrasher flew at my head when I was investigating a nest. The bird struck with
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