Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus |
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The Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) is a nesting bird of open sagebrush plains of the montane western United States. It winters in the southwestern U.S. and into Mexico. The shot here was taken at Fort Hancock, Hudspeth Co., Texas, in December, 1996, with a Canon T-90 and FD 400mm F/4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. | |
Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus Co. Rd 48 near La Liendre, San Miguel Co., New Mexico 18 August 2015 Lat 35.4573, Lon -105.0578 |
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Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus near Texline, Dallam Co., Texas 8 February 2018 This bird was on the Texas/Oklahoma line; observed in both states. Unfortunately, the bird was mostly backlighted. |