My Georgia grandmother once told me that the Brown Thrasher was her favorite bird. We were sitting in the back yard, which was all covered in pine straw, and each of us occupied a chair in the permanent ring of chairs where family and visitors often sat–especially mid-morning when it was maybe time for a cold coca-cola drunk from the little bottles that held that liquid back in the day.
I think now that my grandmother’s favorite color was brown, and that her eyes were such a lovely dark brown. And, I think that the Brown Thrasher is a big brown bird with an amazing vocabulary of sounds.
I saw TWO of them today as I walked–widely separated by distance. Each flew into the underbrush as soon as I came near, which is how they are described in the first link below, which also has sounds.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Thrasher/overview#
This link has some nice photos.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Thrasher/photo-gallery
Louisa Enright's Blog 
Such nice memories of your grandmother. Pretty bird and I love their sounds. I have the Cornell bird ID app on my phone. It’s so fun to go out and have it “listen” to the bird sounds around me. There are many times where I have no clue that that particular bird is nearby! But “Merlin” does! That’s the name of the app. Merlin. Sun came out today after a murky start. I think I’ll do some more raking. Jan in MA
Ah, there is a bird call identifier app. Lovely! Thanks so much.
Luckily Brown Thrashers are in my area as well. I enjoy watching them as they forage for food on the ground.