Perching

Bendire's Thrasher

Toxostoma bendirei
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Length: 10 in. (25 cm )
Restricted to poor and open desert areas, the Bendire\'s Thrasher is most easily seen singing from a high perch or telephone pole or running with its tail up in the air across the ground between sparse bushes. This species rarely enters urban and only occasionally suburban areas. Its cup-like nest is placed in a bush or small tree and is constructed from small twigs, grass and leaves. They eat seeds in the winter and large insects in the Spring and Summer.

The four-digit banding code is BETH.

Male | Robert Shantz(link is external)



Agricultural

Desert

Mesquite bosque
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Bird Sound Type: Buzzing
Sex of Bird: Male
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