SAGE THRASHER
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SAGE THRASHER
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To learn more click here http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Sage_Thrasher_dtl.html
I BELIEVE THIS THRASHER IS EVEN MORE OF A RECLUSE THAN THE LE CONTE'S THRASHER
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Please note the short tail and straight bill, not like a thrasher at all.
About 8 to 9 inches head to tail, I also find this a bit small for a thrasher.
Also note the heavily streaked breast. Tip of the tail is white.
Eats various insects and fruits as you will in these images.
If you have sound turn it on and hear this bird singing.
Thanks to Mr. Greg Clark recordist.
http://mirror-pole.com
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One time while it thought it was hid back in the leaves and branches of a pyracantha bush and its head was completely hid from mine,
I walked to within 12 inches of the bird. I then backed off to about 20 feet,
moved to where the bird's eye came in view of mine and if I made even the slightest movement it flew.
Conclusion: If it can't see you, it thinks it is hid.
In the past while looking for this bird on the southern deserts of south central Arizona I have found it to act like a Roadrunner.
It would run on the ground and never fly more than a few feet above the ground and never more than a 100 feet or so.
But today I found a Sage Thrasher that would fly up and into bushes and trees.
I guess the pyracantha berries were very enticing to the bird's appetite.
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Well, let's see if we can find that ole thrasher in amongst the leaves and branches of that pyracantha bush.
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You can't hide from ole Earle very long.
Scanning the bush with my 500+ mm lens I happened upon its eye.
As soon as I snapped the shutter it moved to a denser part of the bush.
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from the bush it flew to the ground.
I'll bet he can't find me down here.
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OH, OH, I think some one is watching me.
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I'd better get back to that nice pyracantha bush with its dense foliage.
It would always fly to the top of the wall, and then into the pyracantha bush.
Note the white around the edge of the feathers.
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AAH, feels so good to be back where no one can see me.
No bird hides from my camera for long.
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Now, if I can just gobble down a berries before that old photographer finds me again.
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Now if I can just get it swallowed.
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Down it goes, ummm these are sure good.
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Well if ain't the photographer, it's the rain.
I better get under cover before my feathers get all messed up.
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I just knew he was lurking around here some where with that big old lens, camera, and bright flash.
If your gonna keep taking my picture, why don't you let me use your umbrella?
Not wanting to get rained on I packed up and headed for home leaving the Sage Thrasher to its berries.
Thanks for taking the time to see my Sage Thrasher photos.
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There's an Orange-crowned Warbler keeping the Thrasher company. If you would like to
see it click HERE.
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