Brown Thrasher does impressions

I have been so happy that Brown Thrashers called our yard home this year. They stalk through the underbrush in the side yard and sneak about under the Little Bluestem kicking up the mulch.
They produced at least one youngin', and I hope they do it again next year.
This one was so brazen, he or she didn't care one bit that I was standing in the yard.
There was even a stare-down.


For those of you who know birds...anyone think he sort of looks like a minature
American Bittern?

(shamelessly stolen from Kathi's blog)