While ambling aimlessly along wooded trails at Kleb Woods County Park near Tomball, I glimpsed a brown thrasher rustling softly in the brushy understory. Had it not been for the bird's gleaming orange ...

The distinctive reddish-brown color and long tail of the brown thrasher make it recognizable, but its vocal array may be its most impressive feature. More than 1,000 song variations may be used by a ...