Russ
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?? Bird ID ??
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.
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Road Runner.....
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Russ
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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]
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I think its a Gray Thrasher. If you have Oly's book it says it's indigenous to Baja.
Edit to ad this link that show some other photos.
http://www.bajabirder.com/travel/FraillesTrip/Los%20Frailles...
[Edited on 7-3-2012 by goldhuntress]
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Very nice images, Russ. I especially like #1.
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Russ
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goldhuntress
Wow you pulled that up quickly. Thanks!
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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?
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| Quote: | 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.
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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. 
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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!
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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.
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Hi Russ!
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.
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It's a stand to hold a large Aztec calendar plate. The calendar died so I have to hold it down with a rock.
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Russ
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Thanks BigOly, No confusion now.
Thanks everyone.
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Russ, your bird-feeder art is awesome. Thank You.
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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.
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Russ
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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.
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BigOly: whoo-ee, what a fantastic photo of the gray thrasher. Thanks!
Russ: love your feeder! Gracias too for sharing.
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The orange should attract orioles
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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.
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