ML609732396

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

This sage thrasher is continuing since yesterday, October 7, when Sherrie Reeve and I found it near its present location, roadside approximately 0.6 miles southwest of the driveway entrance to the U3 ranch. The grayish brown upperparts, heavily streaked underparts, and short bill help to identify this bird as a Sage Thrasher. I never did see the expected white tail corners, but the tail was very worn, with the white corners largely worn away; the tail could be in molt with the outer feathers missing or growing in (the species molts in late summer/early fall); or I may have just missed seeing the white on the tail. The wing coverts appear to be in molt, with many new lesser coverts and several new greater coverts in place, making for rather messy looking wing bars.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R6

ISO

1600

Flash

Flash did not fire

Dimensions

4337 pixels x 2891 pixels

Original file size

1 MB