State Bird 州鸟
棕色打谷鸟在1935年4月6日首次被本州州长正式宣布为州鸟。1970年在Garden Clubs请求下被立法机关指定为州鸟。打谷鸟是美洲的一种与嘲鸫关系密切的弓嘴鸟，属会唱歌的鸟，有长的尾巴及弯曲的长嘴且头和背通常呈棕色。
Brown Thrasher
棕色打谷鸟
Adopted on April 6，1935.
On April 6，1935，the Brown Thrasher was first chosen as the Georgia state bird by official proclamation（宣布）of the Governor.In 1970，at the request of the Garden Clubs of Georgia，it was designated by the Legislature as the official state bird.The Brown Thrasher is commonly found in the eastern section of the United States，ranging north to Canada and west to the Rockies（洛矶山脉）.The bird migrates to the North in the summer and spends its winters in the Southern states.
Almost a foot in length，the Thrasher has a long，curved bill and a very long tail.It has two prominent white wing bars，a rich brown color on its top side，and a creamy white breast heavily streaked（加上条纹）with brown.
Here is the identification:
1.10 inches length
2.Slender bill with base of lower mandible（下颚，下颚骨）yellow
3.Rufous（红褐色的）crown，nape and upperparts
4.Gray face
5.Yellow eye
6.White underparts（（飞机机身的）腹部）with heavy black streaking
7.White wing bars
8.Long rufous（红褐色的）tail
9.Yellow legs
10.Sexes similar
11.Most often found in dense vegetation in hedgerows（灌木篱墙），old fields，and wood edges where it often forages on the ground
With its rufous upperparts and long tail the Brown Thrasher might be confused with the local Long-billed Thrasher（South Texas）but it has a shorter，less decurved（向下弯曲的（指鸟喙等）的）bill and a browner face.Thrushes are similar but are spotted below and have shorter tails.