What Do Thrashers Eat?

Diet. Varied, includes insects, berries, nuts. More than half of diet is insects, including beetles, caterpillars, true bugs, grasshoppers, cicadas, and many others; also eats spiders, sowbugs, earthworms, snails, crayfish, and sometimes lizards and frogs.

Are brown thrashers aggressive?

An aggressive defender of its nest, the Brown Thrasher is known to strike people and dogs hard enough to draw blood. ... The thrashers do put up some resistance, often rejecting cowbird eggs that are laid in their nests.

Do brown thrashers come to feeders?

Brown Thrashers may come to backyards if food is offered. Sometimes they visit feeders or the ground below to pick up fallen seed. There is a better chance they will visit if dense cover is close by. You can also attract them by planting shrubs that produce berries.