California Thrasher, Toxostoma redivivus
California Thrasher, 3/6/07, my neighborhood, Stanford campus
California Thrasher, singing, 9/24/07, Stanford campus
California Thrashers, adult feeding young, 5/24/07, my back yard, Stanford campus
We have regularly had a California Thrasher pair nesting in or very near our yard; the picture just above shows a chick from the pair being fed by an adult under our deck. The two pictures at the top and the one immediately below show an adult singing in or near our yard, maybe the father of this chick. The two pictures at the bottom of the page also show adults very near our house.
California Thrasher, 11/13/05, Stanford campus
California Thrashers aren't as elusive as several species -- particularly LeConte's and Bendire -- but they aren't really obvious either, except when they are singing. Luckily they do this in Fall as well as Spring; the picture on the left shows a bird singing in November, 2005.
California Thrasher, 3/4/06, Arastradero Preserve
California Thrasher, 11/13/05, my neighborhood, Stanford campus
California Thrasher, 12/29/06, my neighborhood, Stanford campus
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