Bird ID

Looking for an ID on this bird.
Thanks.

 

Quail pup

 

stoner, it appears to be a Wood Thrush. Lucky you if it is! They are very reclusive and solitary birds and stay more toward the interior of woodlands. The juvenile's breast is more muted. Their call is beautiful.




Go here to listen to it's song http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/sounds

and learn more facts http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wood_Thrush/id

 

Stoner, I looked at your pic a little closer and there are some similarities but the tail is quite different.

Shim, are you using the common name for this bird?

 

It's a Brown Thrasher. Love them. I get them in my back yard all the time!

 

Thank you folks very much. I guess we go with Thrasher if no one objects. I have not noted any others in my yard, and this one stayed well back in the brush.

 

Thanks napper. I've only ever seen one and it appeared much bigger than the one seem in the picture.

 

That's what they do, the are ground feeders and will scratch the ground for food. They tend to stay in the brush and usually I only see one at a time. They are fun to watch.

 

Here's a clearer picture of the Brown Thrasher.



Their habits for foraging are very similar to the Wood Thrush. The yellow eyes and tail give it away. Listen to their song here http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/brown_thrasher/sounds/

Wood Thrushes are smaller, darker, have rounder heads, big round spots on chest, pink legs, white ringed eyes, short tails.

 

KTdid - it was a pretty large bird, though not evident in the picture. At first I thought it was small hawk of some sort before I got it in the telephoto.