Today’s bird

LeConte's Thrasher

Toxostoma lecontei

Family: Mockingbirds and thrashers

LeConte's 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. Eggs are also part of its diet, including those of its own species.

  2. This thrasher is a highly terrestrial bird, and is only seen flying when nest building or feeding its young.

  3. The diet is omnivorous, and includes arthropods such as beetles, scorpions, spiders, grasshoppers, butterflies, moth larvae, and small lizards and snakes.

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