I am linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes
Today's post is featuring the Sage Thrasher. Even though I shared this thrasher on my post below I wanted to share more information on this bird. We found this Sage Thrasher along the Manzanita trail at the Guadalupe Mtns National Park.
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The Sage Thrasher is a medium sized bird similar to the Mockingbird and Catbird. They are grey-brown on the upperparts and white with dark streaks on the underparts. They have a slim straight bill, yellow eyes and a long tail.
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They mainly eat insects in the summer and berries, especially berries in the winter.
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They breed in western North America from southern Canada to Arizona and New Mexico.
The Sage Thrasher was one of my vacation lifers. Thanks for visiting and for the nice comments.
Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird photos please visit:
Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's Nature Notes. Thanks to our host Michelle our host Stewart. Happy Birding and have a wonderful week!
Today's post is featuring the Sage Thrasher. Even though I shared this thrasher on my post below I wanted to share more information on this bird. We found this Sage Thrasher along the Manzanita trail at the Guadalupe Mtns National Park.
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The Sage Thrasher is a medium sized bird similar to the Mockingbird and Catbird. They are grey-brown on the upperparts and white with dark streaks on the underparts. They have a slim straight bill, yellow eyes and a long tail.
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They mainly eat insects in the summer and berries, especially berries in the winter.
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The Sage Thrasher was one of my vacation lifers. Thanks for visiting and for the nice comments.
Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird photos please visit:
Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's Nature Notes. Thanks to our host Michelle our host Stewart. Happy Birding and have a wonderful week!
53 comments:
pretty little bird Eileen. I do hope you will send me a "patch" for the gratitude quilt:-)
such a sharp looking bird! looks like a mockingbird got crossed with a brown thrasher. :)
Lovely shots Eileen!
As always thank you for your info about the bird. I think the greens in this image really set off the coloring and markings of the Thrasher. He sure picked a fine place to pose. :)
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I like their plumage. It is very interesting. Yours.
This is such a beautiful bird and great shots!
That's quite a pretty bird- nice shots.
Good shots and interesting information about the bird.
Congrats on your lifer! He's beautiful.
You are so fortunate to see this beautiful bird. I so appreciate all the information about him, too. Really lovely series.
Thanks for the info. and great pics. I always like learning more about birds.
Oh lovely shots! It's a handsome bird!
Nice shots of this guy. I haven't seen one before.
Great photos Eileen... Another bird I would like to see in person.... Michelle
Nice profile of this Thrasher. In P.R. we also have one called the "Pearly-eyed" Thrasher.
Such great information...and beautiful pictures of this bird that is hard to spot let alone photograph!
Sweet bird Eileen! I'm still hoping to find this one eventually:) Thrashers are so amazing and congrats!
oh it's a beauty Eileen; a new one to me
What a lovely bird! Beautiful images, Eileen!
Really nice shots! It does look a lot like a Mockingbird.
Congratulations on a new life bird! And a good one it is!
That's a wonderful area to explore and can get pretty rugged in places.
Great photos of this beautiful Thrasher!
A new species to me. Good images and commentary so thank for sharing it for us on WBW, it a great way to learn about everyones varying species and habitats, Cheers
Dave
Beautiful picture series shows you a beautiful bird. Wish you a nice day :) Hanne Bente
Nice Photographs...
Lovely photos of a lovely little bird! This is a bird I hadn't heard of before.
Cutie pie ! Lovely yellow ring around the eyes.
I wonder why they were called "thrashers" as a non American.
Love it, the Sage Thrasher, great one Eileen.
A pert and lovely bird Eileen.
Hallo Eileen!!!
What a preety little bird!!!Great captures!!!Beautiful pictures!!!I miss your yard birds!!!Have a nice day!!Hugs!!
Dimi...
what a sharp looking bird, posing nicely atop the tree branches.
these are exceptionally beautiful eileen, capturing him within this natural setting!!
the greenery is gorgeous!!
Those eyes are amazing.
Gorgeous photos Eileen . . . love the close up views of the a Sage Thrasher . . .
This is a beautiful little bird. I´ve never heart of them. Wonderful photos !
Best regards, Synnöve
Beautiful images of the striking Sage Thrasher, Eileen! Congratulations on the life bird! Just last year a Sage Thrasher was seen in Chicago for several days. A rare sight here in the midwest. Though many others saw it, I was not able to locate it. At least I can view your terrific photographs here.
Lovely bird and nice clear shots!
Fantastic how close you got to take these photos!
Cheers, Eileen!
What a beautiful bird, Eileen.
Very well photographed, compliment.
Greetings Irma
Really nice shots, pretty bird.
What a cute bird! I really like the dark markings on the breast. Lovely!
Pretty little bird!
HI Eileen... Lifers are always so exciting to find!!
Love his eye in the second shot,and what a nice pattern on the chest!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Grace
What a lovely bird, and such beautiful shots.
What a neat little bird. So that is a Sage Thrasher? NEAT!!! Don't think I've ever seen one… Thanks for sharing.
Hugs,
Betsy
Thanks for these marvelous pictures and information about this new lifer for you.
Hi Eileen, Yes, very Mockingbird like in its looks. Also like the Brown Thrasher. So happy you got to see one. I never have seen one in person. Have a wonderful Thursday tomorrow!
You have make beautiful photos!
Greetings, RW & SK
Wonderful shots of this cute little bird. Have a great day!
Wonderful photos! Thank you for your comment on my blog. Bird that got the photos I've never seen, nor probably never see it, because in Europe lives not.
I love the blogs with automatic translation. I do not know English :-(
It seems every time I visit you I see a bird I never knew before. This is a handsome one!
ongrats to that beautiful lifer. Really good shots of it too. :)
Between you and Stewart I may someday figure out the ID of all these little brown birds I see so many of! This thrasher cracks me up, he looks so sober. . .
Beautiful shots of the Sage Thrasher Eileen! One of the most impressive things I enjoyed when I found this bird a couple of years ago is its song. This is a link to its beautiful complex song.
It's unfortunate that the Sage Thrasher is declining due to loss of habitat, especially in British Columbia.
Sorry I didn't read the bit about links Eileen. Feel free to publish my comment without the link but check out this bird's incredible song.
great pics, lovely light eyes
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