This bird is new to me. I thought it might be some kind of thresher but I don't remember the long legs on the ones I have seen before. Baja Bucko - 7-3-2012 at 10:55 AM
Road Runner.....Russ - 7-3-2012 at 11:11 AM
Maybe. This is a roadrunner on the same wall. Maybe it's an immature one. The 1st one has a curved beak?
[Edited on 7-3-2012 by Russ]goldhuntress - 7-3-2012 at 11:19 AM
[Edited on 7-3-2012 by goldhuntress]tripledigitken - 7-3-2012 at 11:21 AM
Very nice images, Russ. I especially like #1.Russ - 7-3-2012 at 11:27 AM
goldhuntress
Wow you pulled that up quickly. Thanks!ecomujeres - 7-3-2012 at 11:31 AM
I agree with goldhuntress. http://bcsbirds.com/ has excellent photos. Click on the names tab and look for gray thrasher. We've seen these guys come to seed feeder/orange
station/water dish both at the beach at Punta Arena and now in town in Mulege. Yours looks a little skinny. They usually look more rounded in the
belly. Maybe a youngster?goldhuntress - 7-3-2012 at 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by Russ
goldhuntress
Wow you pulled that up quickly. Thanks!
Ha, you say that but we had been misidentifying that bird for about a year before we bought Oly's book. I guess a year isn't that long, lol.Barry A. - 7-3-2012 at 11:44 AM
I am no "birder", but my wife is, and she thinks it is an immature Road Runner, not a thrasher---------she says the bird in question has longer legs
than a Thrasher. I googled "road Runner" and sure enough there are some that look like the bird in question. Also, we have seen what we thought were
road runners in Borrego Springs (ran like a road runner, acted like a road runner) and yet had no top-knot like road runners normally have.
Of course, I have no idea what I am talking about.
Barryshari - 7-3-2012 at 01:50 PM
An AHA moment...I just saw one of these yesterday and thought it was an immature road runner...Juan thought it was a mockingbird...but now I believe
it was a Thrasher!Santiago - 7-3-2012 at 02:39 PM
Curved beak and larger size of gold ring in eye = grey thrasher. After fledging, roadrunners still have fluff on the chest and lower body which is
soon replaced by white/offwhite feathers, never spotted.
Hey Russ, would you post a photo of the stand made out of re-bar that you put oranges on - I want to make one and like the style of yours.
Edit: agree that this guy looks a little skinny.
[Edited on 7-3-2012 by Santiago]
Hi Russ!
BigOly - 7-3-2012 at 03:29 PM
You have a very nice photo of an immature Gray Thrasher. Long legs, decurved bill, yellow eyes and little tepees all over it's chest. A Baja endemic.
Russ - 7-3-2012 at 05:28 PM
It's a stand to hold a large Aztec calendar plate. The calendar died so I have to hold it down with a rock.Russ - 7-3-2012 at 05:36 PM
Thanks BigOly, No confusion now.
Thanks everyone.BigOly - 7-3-2012 at 07:34 PM
Russ, your bird-feeder art is awesome. Thank You.Santiago - 7-3-2012 at 07:41 PM
Thanks Russ, do you put the orange in it in the morning? How about Limes or lemons or even (shrudder) veggies?
A full time neighbor of mine has a small fresh water bath that really draws many birds and even foxes.Russ - 7-3-2012 at 08:19 PM
Haven't stuck anything on it for awhile. The bees swarm the oranges. So I'm using a hummingbird feeder and painting the holes with canola oil that is
keeping most of the bees away. Only a few hummers around now here. Didn't have any takers with limes or lemons and my dog will eat the veggies. Melons
work.ecomujeres - 7-3-2012 at 09:30 PM
BigOly: whoo-ee, what a fantastic photo of the gray thrasher. Thanks!
Russ: love your feeder! Gracias too for sharing.Martyman - 7-5-2012 at 01:43 PM
The orange should attract oriolesRuss - 7-5-2012 at 01:56 PM
Yes and mocking birds, thrashers, finches, sparrows and the woodpecker types only birds I haven't seen enjoying the oranges are dove & quail. And
the crows/ravens just take the whole thing.
