This bird showed up at around 4pm this afternoon. When I first spotted him, he was really rooting in the soil near the base of the bird feeder. I had never seen any of the “usual suspects” exhibiting this behavior. It was slightly larger than a cardinal and with the long bill I knew that it wasn’t a bird I had seen previously. I was inside doing dishes at the time, and I wasn’t able to get outside without the Brown Thrasher flying off. He came back 2 other times. Steve … [Read more...]
