ML615455168
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Cont. dusty brown thrasher seen today at 9am in the largest dead tree north of town, here: 32°37'18.0"N 116°11'07.5"W. Yellow eye, small spots across breast (presumably triangular-shaped, but didn't get great look), and smaller straighter bill than Curve-billed. Spotted breast, browner undertail, and less curved bill rule out Crissal. Habitat also prefers Bendire's, open scrub vs. mesquite stands. Yellow eye rules out California and LeConte's. Song a near-continuous stream of various calls, somewhat imitative like a mockingbird or California Thrasher but I couldn't pick out any particular species. Perhaps car alarm manufacturers took a page out of the thrasher songbook when making the classic grab-bag alarm. The song timbre was high-pitched and nasally like a Cal Thrasher, but the notes had less space between them. The Bendire's song also seems to have a somewhat distinctive three-part note that it repeated more than a few times, a "pee-too-wheet! pee-too-wheet!". Bird perched mid-way up barren tree and sang for about 5 minutes, then flew north and landed just short of the train tracks. Bird ran up and perched on tracks momentarily, then ran north and disappeared into scrub. Originally found by Ezekiel Dobson 2/20/2024 on the east edge of town, where the Lark Bunting has been hanging out. Bird seems to materialize in a different spot each day, and is typically found when singing. Thus far, bird seems most active during the middle of the day when it is sunny and warm.
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