Painted

1911

Published

1930

Volume

11

Plate

705

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Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

DESCRIPTION

A June morning — the topmost branch of a wild cherrv in bloom and a THRASHER singing.

Look here! look here! look here! Outpours a medley of song. The listener will have no difficulty in detecting notes of Vireo, Wren, Thrush, Blackbird, Robin and a number of other bird calls given with individual slurring and commingling which fully entitles it to the sobriquet of "Mockingbird of the North."

Besides this imitative talent he possesses a remarkably brilliant repertoire of his own, with full, strong notes as characteristic as his personality. The distance they carry is almost unbelievable, the song can be heard half a mile away. Story books often picture a bird singing over his brooding mate but the Thrasher is far too wise for that. Sometimes he sings within a few hundred feet but the performance is not given in the proximity of the home. When danger threatens, the alarm note of the parent on duty calls the mate and they face the intruder with bristling feathers and defiant battle calls. If the would-be despoiler is a black snake they attack with such fury that he is usually driven off. In one instance a pair killed the enemy and fed bits of its body to their young!

Even man does not daunt them. They will sometimes strike the hand or face so violently as to draw blood. In other instances they seem to realize the futilty of resistance, and plead plaintively from the bushes for mercy.

They have been heard to utter a low booming note, audible only within a small radius. In voicing this call the bill is not open and throat feathers are undisturbed. This is undoubtedly an individual characteristic, for many observers, who are thoroly familiar with the bird have never heard it.

BREEDING

NEST: A flat loosely built structure of small sticks, leaves, grass and rootlets, with little or no attempt at lining, placed in thickets, within a few feet of ground; sometimes on it.

EGGS: 3 — 5; from pale greenish white to pale buff, heavily specked over entire surface with minute spots of chestnut.

RANGE

Eastern United States, north to Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. West to eastern base of Rockies.

Catalpa

Catalpa catalpa

DESCRIPTION

A broad topped, heavy trunked 50-foot tree, widely distributed in eastern States as far north as New England. The "smoking bean" tree of my boyhood!

brown-thrasher
black-and-white-warbler
Black and White Warbler
636
golden-swamp-warbler
Golden Swamp Warbler
637
swainson-warbler
Swainson Warbler
638
wormeating-warbler
Wormeating Warbler
639
bachman-warbler
Bachman Warbler
640
bluewing-warbler
Bluewing Warbler
641
goldenwing-warbler
Goldenwing Warbler
642
lucy-warbler
Lucy Warbler
643
virginia-warbler
Virginia Warbler
644
nashville-warbler-calaveras-warbler
Nashville Warbler, Calaveras Warbler
645-645a
orangecrown-warbler
Orangecrown Warbler
646
lutescent-warbler-dusky-warbler
Lutescent Warbler, Dusky Warbler
646a-646b
tennessee-warbler
Tennessee Warbler
647
parula-warbler-northern-parula-warbler
Parula Warbler, Northern Parula Warbler
648-648a
sennett-warbler
Sennett Warbler
649
oliva-warbler
Olive Warbler
650
cape-may-warbler
Cape May Warbler
651
yellow-warbler
Yellow Warbler
652
sonora-yellow-warbler-alaska-yellow-warbler-california-yellow-warbler
Sonora Yellow Warbler, Alaska Yellow Warbler, California Yellow Warbler
652a-652b-652c
mangrove-warbler
Mangrove Warbler
653
blackthroat-blue-warbler-cairns-warbler
Blackthroat Blue Warbler, Cairns Warbler
654-654a
myrtle-warbler
Myrtle Warbler
655
audubon-warbler-blackfront-warbler
Audubon Warbler, Blackfront Warbler
656-656a
magnolia-warbler
Magnolia Warbler
657
cerulean-warbler
Cerulean Warbler
658
chestnutside-warbler
Chestnutside Warbler
659
baybreast-warbler
Baybreast Warbler
660
blackpoll-warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
661
blackburnian-warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
662
yellowthroat-warbler-sycamore-warbler
Yellowthroat Warbler, Sycamore Warbler
663-663a
grace-warbler
Grace Warbler
664
blackthroat-gray-warbler
Blackthroat Gray Warbler
665
goldencheek-warbler
Goldencheek Warbler
666
blackthroat-green-warbler
Blackthroat Green Warbler
667
townsend-warbler
Townsend Warbler
668
hermit-warbler
Hermit Warbler
669
kirtland-warbler
Kirtland Warbler
670
pine-warbler
Pine Warbler
671
palm-warbler-yellow-palm-warbler
Palm Warbler, Yellow Palm Warbler
672-672a
prairie-warbler
Prairie Warbler
673
ovenbird
Ovenbird
674
brook-warbler-grinnell-brook-warbler
Brook Warbler, Grinnell Brook Warbler
675-675a
southern-brook-warbler
Southern Brook Warbler
676
kentucky-warbler
Kentucky Warbler
677
connecticut-warbler
Connecticut Warbler
678
mourning-warbler
Mourning Warbler
679
tolmie-warbler
Tolmie Warbler
680
maryland-yellowthroat
Maryland Yellowthroat
681
western-yellowthroat-florida-yellowthroat
Western Yellowthroat, Florida Yellowthroat
681a-681b
pacific-yellowthroat-salt-marsh-yellowthroat
Pacific Yellowthroat, Salt Marsh Yellowthroat
681c-681e
belding-yellowthroat
Belding Yellowthroat
682
rio-grande-yellowthroat
Rio Grande Yellowthroat
682.1
yellowbreast-chat-longtail-chat
Yellowbreast Chat, Longtail Chat
683-683a
hooded-warbler
Hooded Warbler
684
wilson-warbler-pileolate-warbler-golden-pileolate-warbler
Wilson Warbler, Pileolate Warbler, Golden Pileolate Warbler
685-685a-685b
necklace-warbler
Necklace Warbler
686
redstart
Redstart
687
painted-redstart
Painted Redstart
688
redface-warbler
Redface Warbler
690
alaska-yellow-wingtail
Alaska Yellow Wagtail
696
pipit
Pipit
697
sprague-pipit
Sprague Pipit
700
dipper
Dipper
701
sage-thrusher
Sage Thrasher
702
mockingbird
Mockingbird
703
catbird
Catbird
704
brown-thrasher
Brown Thrasher
705
sennett-thrasher
Sennett Thrasher
706
curvebill-thrasher-palmer-thrasher
Curvebill Thrasher, Palmer Thrasher
707-707a
bendire-thrasher
Bendire Thrasher
708
san-lucas-thrasher-mearn-thrasher
San Lucas Thrasher, Mearn Thrasher
709-709a
california-thrasher
California Thrasher
710
leconte-thrasher-desert-thrasher
Leconte Thrasher, Desert Thrasher
711-711a
crissal-thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
712

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