Tag Archives: Brown Thrasher

Thursday – 3.15.2018

1:00 AM – Here’s some platform feeder drama. We start with a Brown Thrasher running off a Blue Jay. It took just seconds, so it’s shown in slow motion. After the Thrasher loses interest, the Doves move in. Notice the Blue Jay coming back to see if he coast is clear. I used to think Jays were tough and aggressive, but not anymore. Finally, stay tuned, and turn your volume on, to see a Dove swelling his chest to call.

Dark-eyed Junco scratching through the empty husks.

Finally, a Cardinal having breakfast in the dark. The video was taken at 6:41 AM, just before light.

Tuesday – 2.20.2018

1:00 AM – After the frequent videos of the small gray Finches, here’s a nice contrast: A couple of big colorful birds. Well, the Brown Thrasher is kind of colorful, and no Blue Jays showed up.

While the Finch migrants are around, we’re going to see more of this:  A slow infiltration of the platform feeder, and the departure of those big colorful birds. For now, anyway. With all the recent warm weather it seems the winter is quickly coming to an end,  and the visitors will go back up north.

Friday – 2.16.2018

1:00 AM – The flood of Finches has slowed somewhat, though there are still plenty around. In the slow times between Finch surges the local birds come out for something to eat. In this clip, a sequence of brief appearances by the year-round residents. At the end, of course, another Finch Flood.

We like the Brown Thrashers, especially the yellow eyes.

Sunday -12.31.2017

3:31 AM – Happy Birthday to D, my wonderful wife. Here are a few videos to start your morning with.

We saw the Blue Jays for a few minutes the other day. The peanuts we’ve been distributing lured them out. But we didn’t get any good video of them. So, to make up for that, here’s a few ‘Retro Blue Jay’ clips.

The Yellow-rumped Warbler, besides having an awesome name, has some nice markings. The chest stripes are not unusual, but we haven’t seen them on the Warbler before.

The Brown Thrasher is not as colorful as the ‘Glamor Birds’, like the Cardinals and Bluebirds, but it’s an attractive bird nonetheless.

 

 

 

Monday – 11.27.2017

3:04 AM – The birds have been very thirsty lately, giving us plenty of video of drinking and splashing around. Here’s a small Bluebird having a sip until a nice looking Brown Thrasher shows up.

Sometime yesterday afternoon the birds gobbled up the last of the mealworms. Today, we’re seeing a lot of this: a annoyed looking Bluebird waiting for a refill. And probably complaining about the service in this joint.

 

 

Friday – 11.10.2017

2:36 AM – The Purple Finch versus Cardinal situation on the Squirrel Buster feeder continues. Recently the Cardinal sent the Finch packing. This time it’s different. I guess the Finch is just tired of being pushed around. Or maybe it’s a different Finch and Cardinal.

Brown Thrasher on the platform feeder, just after an all-day rain. We like these birds. In this part of the country (Central Alabama) they are year-round residents.

Thursday – 11.2.2017

2:20 AM – Yesterday it was birds on the suet feeder, one after another. Today, a shorter version of birds drinking. We have the Bluebirds, Pine Warbler, Purple Finch and Brown Thrasher, a colorful lot. The quality of the video is really not acceptable, but until we can find a suitable (and better) replacement camera, it will have to do.

High speed Downy Woodpecker. Just some fun with video.

Saturday – 10.28.2017

2:03 AM – Sometimes I have trouble distinguishing between the  American Goldfinch, the Pine Warbler and the Yellow Warbler. The video below shows a Pine Warbler. The on-line experts give us these identifiers to look for: The bills of the Warblers are longer and thinner than that of the Goldfinch – the latter has a beak that looks more like a Cardinals. The Warbler’s feathers are not brightly colored, usually greenish-yellow . Goldfinches have lots of black on the wings and tail, and the wing bars are white.  The Pine Warbler has bars on the wings. Warblers have streaks (sometimes faint reddish)  on the breast and belly. Goldfinches hang out in flocks, while Warblers are usually solitary. And the YelllowWarblers are migrators, we see them passing through, but the Goldfinches are here for the winter. The Pine Warblers are here all year.

Brown Thrasher getting a drink.

 

Monday – 10.23.2017

2:49 AM – We moved the big birdbath in front of the camera, and we’re getting a nice variety of visitors. Here we have (in order of appearance) another line-up of visitors: a Bluebird, Cardinal, Brown Thrasher, Carolina Wren, squirrel (two eared variety) and a midnight cat.

Cardinal and Chickadee sharing the Squirrel Buster feeder. As usual, the Cardinal stays put and feeds, while the Chickadee darts in and out.