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[Aaron]

Tell me what this one is? It has just showed up in my backyard in Texas (close ot Waco), and spent a couple of days.

[paulnj]

It looks like a long billed thrasher to me at first glance! They live year round ONLY(in the US) in the rio grande valley.

It very well may be a dark Brown Thrasher with orange eyes though.Brown thrashers have yellow eyes usually ;)

I must go with ODD looking brown thrasher though, because too many thing point to that over LB Thrasher.

[Aaron]

It looks like a long billed thrasher to me at first glance! They live year round ONLY(in the US) in the rio grande valley.

It very well may be a dark Brown Thrasher with orange eyes though.Brown thrashers have yellow eyes usually ;)

I must go with ODD looking brown thrasher though, because too many thing point to that over LB Thrasher.

Thanks Paul - I had no idea - it would be a bit far north for it to have come from the Rio Grande Valley - it would be about4 450 miles out of its usual territory - however with all our storms lately maybe the poor thing was looking for a little peace and quiet!

[paulnj]

Thanks Paul - I had no idea - it would be a bit far north for it to have come from the Rio Grande Valley - it would be about4 450 miles out of its usual territory - however with all our storms lately maybe the poor thing was looking for a little peace and quiet!

Aaron,

This bird , though it looks like the rare mexican Long billed thrasher, is indeed just a nontypical Brown thrasher which should be migrating into your area(you are at the northern wintering range in texas)


To show you how close these two species look..

Long-billed Thrasher
http://www.birdsasart.com/long-billed%20thrasher.jpg

Brown Thrasher
http://www.kidwings.com/localbirds/brownthrasher/1.JPG

http://www.kegressy.com/Songbirds_Br...er__Guelph.jpg

[Aaron]

Aaron,

This bird , though it looks like the rare mexican Long billed thrasher, is indeed just a nontypical Brown thrasher which should be migrating into your area(you are at the northern wintering range in texas)


To show you how close these two species look..

Long-billed Thrasher
http://www.birdsasart.com/long-billed%20thrasher.jpg

Brown Thrasher
http://www.kidwings.com/localbirds/brownthrasher/1.JPG

http://www.kegressy.com/Songbirds_Br...er__Guelph.jpg

Wow, talking about birds of a feather - it is still hard to tell the difference even when they are side by side. Thanks again Paul it has been an interesting learning experience, another forum I'm on on Birding definitely agrees with your first choice of it being a Brown Thresher -- I'm having a lot of fun photographing and learning the various birds of my back yard -- I guess one just has to get older to slow down and look at what is around them!

[paulnj]

No need for one to get older, just open your eyes and low and behold......

I became active in birding after breaking my ankle one winter, throwing out my back the following spring and that summer lost my job! Plenty of time to watch nature and take images while Bush paid me 23k a year to stay home(and work here and there for cash). Yes I got unemployment for over a year while honing my birding skills 70 hours a week I was nursing 4 slipped disks and a very painful ankle breakage, so TREEWORK (all I really knew) was out of the question.

[Aaron]

No need for one to get older, just open your eyes and low and behold......

I became active in birding after breaking my ankle one winter, throwing out my back the following spring and that summer lost my job! Plenty of time to watch nature and take images while Bush paid me 23k a year to stay home(and work here and there for cash). Yes I got unemployment for over a year while honing my birding skills 70 hours a week I was nursing 4 slipped disks and a very painful ankle breakage, so TREEWORK (all I really knew) was out of the question.

Oh I agree completely - the beauty of nature is all around us constantl - for me though, until I retired from Fire/EMS/Police it seemed like I was in a constant rush from one thing to another - occasionaly slowing down for a vacation, but then in a hurry to see as much as I could before it was back to the routine. I envy and admire those that, like yourself, have found the enjoyment earlier, but for me it's still fun to learn even when you're older than dirt!