This pair of Brown Thrashers visited my yard.  They worked up quite an appetite and feasted on a variety of my bugs and plants during their visit. This picture to the right isn't very clear, but you can make out the spider and its legs in the beak of the Brown Thrasher. Yummy!  Spider snack. It looks like a Wolf Spider.  The acorn in the next photo is much easier to see.

This bird put the acorn on the ground, lifted its head high, and slammed it's beak down to pop open the acorn. After a few attempts, it quickly ate the nutty flesh inside and moved on to other food.

...and finally, a bit of grub for lunch. Then the Thrashers were gone, flitting about in the trees and bushes, a few flickers of brown, then completely out of sight. I paid close attention to the shrubbery they frequented the most, then left them alone.  I'm hoping that if I give them some people free space and time, and keep a sharp eye out, I'll find them building a nest.

Little update: I'm delighted that the brown thrashers are still in my yard.  I sat outside for a while this weekend and this thrasher perched ever so briefly on a rock in my garden and posed. I think they're getting used to me. It quickly flitted off to my very chewed Mahogany tree, where I snapped another few shots, but I got too close (for the bird, too far for me still) and it vanished into the trees again.  I'll keep visiting them to see if they'll let me get closer, and hopefully they'll stick around to build a nest.