While ambling aimlessly along wooded trails at Kleb Woods County Park near Tomball, I glimpsed a brown thrasher rustling softly in the brushy understory. Had it not been for the bird's gleaming orange ...

audio: Researchers at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and McGill University suspect that inconsistent climates may play a role in the complexity of ...

Charles Seabrook’s “Wild Georgia” column appears weekly in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The brown thrasher, a big, foxy red songbird with a repertoire of more than 1,000 song types, became ...

Over the past few months, For The Bids: The Birdsong Project has been rolling out in five separate volumes, and each one has had a stacked contributor list. The ambitious project was organized by ...

It was one of those stunning September mornings. The air was crisp, the sky was full of high clouds, and a light dew had fallen during the night. My walk through the meadow required a little care to ...

Each week a new group of birds passes through the yard as they wing their way north. Some stay to nest, while others continue their journey. So far, I’ve welcomed killdeer, woodcock, phoebes, field ...

Any consideration of the emblematic bird of summer in the Red River Valley surely must include the brown thrasher. This is the personal choice of Suezette, my partner, and that alone weighs heavily in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. My young friend Ruthie (age 8 ½) sent me pictures of a robin-sized bird with ...

The distinctive reddish-brown color and long tail of the brown thrasher make it recognizable, but its vocal array may be its most impressive feature. More than 1,000 song variations may be used by a ...