Brown Thrasher

Jamaica Bay, New York, 4/27/03 (52kb), Thrasher making various Catbird-like calls.  

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Jamaica Bay, New York, 4/27/03 (12kb), Towhee "chewink" followed shortly thereafter by a Thrasher imitating the Towhee "drink your tea!" song.

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Jamaica Bay, New York, 4/27/03 (52kb), Thrasher imitating a House Wren nearby

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Sayerville, New Jersey, River Drive North, 5/5/03 (91kb), Thrasher with distant sound of Northern Parula, Cardinal, Prairie Warbler and Common Yellowthroat.  Same location as 2002.  This Thrasher was already accompanied by a female who followed him as he flew from one side of the high-tension wire clearing to the marginal woods, sang, and then flew back.

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Thrasher disturbance calls, "tssuckk" repeated as we walked over brushy swamp along nature boardwalk.  Great Swamp, boardwalk toward north blind, 8/20/05, 2:00 p.m. (77kb)         wave875
 

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