Females are often slightly paler with more gray and white on the face and throat than the male pictured here, but otherwiseВ look quite similar. One of the earliest arrivals of the wood warblers, the Black-and-white is easily identified by its unmistakable bold markings. Read more about the Brown Thrasher and listen to its song here.Д«lack-and-white Warbler ( Mniotilta varia) Thrashers are partial to low tangled scrub as cover, and also for foraging and nesting, but they will often deliver their impressive vocal displays from a treetop or other prominent location. They are fairly omnivorous in feeding preferences and will eat berries, seeds, nuts and invertebrates as they are available. Its song is typically short and loud, with two or three repetitions of single phrases before moving on.ДЄs might be suggested by its name and appearance, the Brown Thrasher is a territorially aggressive bird that will defend its nest as vigorously as a Red-winged Blackbird, meaning that humans and dogs risk a severely pecked head if they venture too near.ДЄ long and slender bird, the Brown ThrasherвЂ™s colouring and markings are similar to a Wood ThrushвЂ™s: reddish-brown upper parts and heavily streaked white underparts. The Mimidae are prodigious singers and talented mimics the Brown Thrasher is believed to have a repertoire of as many as 1000 songs, many of them borrowed from other birds. The Brown Thrasher is a member of Mimidae, the avian family that includes mockingbirds and catbirds. Like other вЂњseabirdsвЂќ they are able to drink seawater due to nasal glands that excrete excess salt. This is likely due to habitat loss, and increasing competition from expanding gull populations.Д¬ommon Terns migrate to South America, as far as Chile and Argentina, where they spend the winter on saltwater coasts. The most widespread tern species in North America, the Common TernвЂ™s numbers have mostly recovered from their over-harvesting for the millinery trade in the late 19 th century ( entire birds were mounted on hats), but the Great Lakes colonies have declined again more recently. Both sexes have similar breeding plumage, and their shrill, chittering calls will be familiar to many. The male Tern seals the deal with food offerings to the female. They have an elaborate courtship вЂњdanceвЂќ that begins in the air and continues onto the ground. Both Tern species are colonial, meaning that they nest in groups, and in the case of Georgian Bay, on rocky islands.Д¬ommon Terns are graceful and agile flyers and will suddenly pivot and dive into the water after small fish, their primary food source. The smaller of the two main Tern species that nest on Georgian Bay, the Common Tern is easily distinguished from the much larger, gull-sized Caspian. Purchase Georgian Bay Land Trust Merchandise.Protecting the wilderness of our unique archipelago Menu

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