Today’s bird

Crissal Thrasher

Toxostoma crissale

Family: Mockingbirds and thrashers

Crissal Thrasher is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. The male and female cooperate in building the cup-shaped nest, which is constructed from twigs and lined with finer vegetation.

  2. It builds its nests in dense shrubs at heights of three to eight feet, typically under a large branch for protection: both from other birds and the sun.

  3. The young are fledged 11 to 13 days after they hatch.

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