| The song can sound like hoots and whistles, in a repeating pattern similar to that of a mockingbird or thrasher. |
| There you can find nesting the crissal thrasher and the black-chinned sparrow. |
| On a recent weekend, we were within earshot of a read-in by a brown thrasher. |
| The crissal thrasher is mostly a uniform grayish brown, with a long, dark tail and a very long, decurved bill. |
| Most versatile of all is the brown thrasher, a singer's singer, which knows as many as 2,000 songs. |
| From this vantage point I have photographed the scrub jay, mourning dove, California thrasher, and California towhee at the birdbath. |
