For #ThrasherThursday, we typically appreciate the beauty of the birds themselves, like this LeConte's Thrasher. But today, we'll add the #DesertThrasher Working Group of #PartnersInFlight! At yesterday's meeting, Jim Tietz from @pointblue.bsky.social shared his work on thrashers & #bioacoustics.

Plus our Desert thrasher surveys across Arizona brought us to some beautiful places, like this wash in Mohave County!

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We were successful in capturing thrashers using mist-nets partially surrounding a prominent tree or shrub. Would you fly into this catclaw?

#DesertThrasher #birds #banding

A critical piece in #DesertThrasher conservation is understanding their movements. One of our projects this spring was a big push to deploy satellite tags on Bendire’s and LeConte’s Thrashers. We were able to tag 20 birds this spring!

#birds #conservation

In August, GBBO staff took over the bar for a night at Reno's Hideout Lounge, to pour beers for the birds! Thank you to everyone who came out to support #DesertThrasher research, and special thanks to Rob at the Hideout for collaborating with us (& for the on-the-fly training)!

#ThrowbackThursday

As active participants in the Desert Thrasher Working Group since its inception in 2011, GBBO has been at the forefront of desert thrasher conservation.

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LeConte’s Thrashers build their nests of sturdy sticks & place them in thick, often pointy vegetation such as this cholla. They line the nest with soft white fluff, & when they are just getting ready to lay their eggs, they decorate the rim with fresh yellow flowers.

#desertthrasher #birds #nests

The Bendire’s Thrasher is more widespread, found in deserts and arid woodlands from southern Nevada and Utah to southern Sonora in Mexico. It was long believed to be conspecific with the more common and very similar Curve-billed Thrasher.

#BendiresThrasher #desertthrasher #birds

One Bendire's Thrasher was particularly cooperative on the second day of our #desertthrasher workshops in Sonora. Several folks got sound recordings.

In February 2020, GBBO staff met with partners and students at Universidad Estatal de #Sonora to talk about #DesertThrasher conservation, life history, identification, and survey techniques - in the classroom and in the field!