The thrasher has yellow and piercing eyes that go with the edginess of his name. He is much larger and intimidates almost all the birds that come to my feeders. The thrush has large and soft brown eyes and a smaller but sharper piercing bill. He is much smaller in size. Regarding coloring, the thrasher has more a more spotted breast while the thrush has streaks starting at the neck.
Both birds are great at pooping the in the water or feeder dish, though. You can tell they are used to eating on the ground!
Below some up close and personal photos, taken through a window, of course, so not as sharp as in the wild!
I kept scrolling up and down to see the details. Delightful, thank you.
ReplyDeletethe second one looks a lot nicer....just saying...those eyes...yikes.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to see your birds. I don't think we have the thrasher here. We have the Varied Thrush, which is a robin sized ground bird with beautiful coloring and distinct markings.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful in different ways. Thank you for the close-up lesson on the differences.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, and there is a change, the header is new one. Pretty.
ReplyDeleteThe wood thrush is a much softer looking bird. You're right the thrasher has an edge to it.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this! Beautiful shots, even through a window!
ReplyDeleteThese show wonderful detail considering it was through the glass. Great captures of these lovely birds.
ReplyDeleteI think your close-ups are great-! My cam won't do this-
ReplyDeletePlus I learned something!
I saw an Eastern Wren in my yard yesterday. Today the grackles took over all the bread again, robbing the poor squirrels of a needed after-snow snack.
The poor Robins are here, but hiding today.
Lovely bird photos.
ReplyDeleteNice shots of each -- always mixed up the two but now the color of the eyes will be my good clue thanks -- barbara
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