You'll generally find the Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) scratching through brush looking for seeds and insects. This 10-inch slender bird is rufous colored with a heavily streaked white breast, a grey face, yellow eyes and white wing bars. The bill is curved. This bird is retiring and secretive and is the only thrasher east of the Rockies and central Texas. It is often confused with the Wood Thrush, which has a spotted breast, shorter tail and dark eyes.

The nest, an open cup made of twigs and leaves, is placed either on the ground or in low shrubs. The clutch size is between 2 and 5 pale blue eggs dotted with brown. Incubation takes from 11 to 14 days. The young fledge in about 9 to 13 days. There are generally two broods raised each year and on rare occasions, 3.

The voice of the Brown Thrasher is a musical set of notes that are repeated twice.

Its range is from the southern parts of Canada including Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario and New England south to the Gulf Coast and Florida.