This one is fluffy after a bath
Another is wary of the camera
Up in the tree checking things out before hopping down to the water dish
According to All About Birds the Curve Billed Thrasher is native to the southwest and northern Mexico. It prefers to live in cactus and spiny brush so they might have spent their summer in the stand of prickly pear and oaks in the back yard.
Update 12/13/2012 - These birds have been identified as Long-Billed Thrashers. An important difference as they are only found here in south Texas. Please reference the update here and check Sam Taylor's reply in the comments section.
It seems like many urban gardeners had interesting or unusual vistors to their gardens this summer--except for me! I had the usual suspects, but no one out-of-the ordinary.
ReplyDeleteLucky you to have such nice visitors
About my favorite bird in Abq! Their sounds are reminiscent of water, and the way the mates help each other, is amazing - she gets twigs or bugs, while he sits on the eggs...then vice-versa. And some nights, they poke in the soil looking for food, too. Those yellow eyes...wow!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tina
ReplyDeleteDD - That's info I hadn't seen about them, very sweet. Imagine my surprise when I discovered they were typically desert dwellers.