Exciting news! Just got word another of our tagged Bendire's Thrashers from southern Nevada started migrating last week!
#DesertThrashers #BendiresThrasher #migration #birds
#DesertThrashers #BendiresThrasher #migration #birds
July 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Exciting news! Just got word another of our tagged Bendire's Thrashers from southern Nevada started migrating last week!
#DesertThrashers #BendiresThrasher #migration #birds
#DesertThrashers #BendiresThrasher #migration #birds
One of our proudest achievements at the Desert Thrasher Working Group is the Conservation Strategy for Desert Thrashers. That document and more can be downloaded at the DTWG website.
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#conservation #partnersinflight #desertthrashers #birds
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#conservation #partnersinflight #desertthrashers #birds
April 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of our proudest achievements at the Desert Thrasher Working Group is the Conservation Strategy for Desert Thrashers. That document and more can be downloaded at the DTWG website.
borderlandsbirds.org...
#conservation #partnersinflight #desertthrashers #birds
borderlandsbirds.org...
#conservation #partnersinflight #desertthrashers #birds
It was a great season for the thrasher team, with success in both tagging and surveys.
We're continuing to collect location data, and look forward to sharing what we learn!
#DesertThrashers
We're continuing to collect location data, and look forward to sharing what we learn!
#DesertThrashers
July 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM
It was a great season for the thrasher team, with success in both tagging and surveys.
We're continuing to collect location data, and look forward to sharing what we learn!
#DesertThrashers
We're continuing to collect location data, and look forward to sharing what we learn!
#DesertThrashers
Outreach has been an important aspect of our desert thrasher program. We aim to raise awareness of these birds at all levels through volunteer programs, survey trainings, and workshops.
#desertthrashers #citizenscience #conservation
#desertthrashers #citizenscience #conservation
April 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Outreach has been an important aspect of our desert thrasher program. We aim to raise awareness of these birds at all levels through volunteer programs, survey trainings, and workshops.
#desertthrashers #citizenscience #conservation
#desertthrashers #citizenscience #conservation
These thrasher workshops strengthened & developed our partnerships, and now our partners in Sonora have taken the helm of #thrasher surveys in #Mexico. Their work has vastly expanded current knowledge on the Bendire’s Thrasher there, critical to their #conservation.
#desertthrashers #birds
#desertthrashers #birds
January 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
These thrasher workshops strengthened & developed our partnerships, and now our partners in Sonora have taken the helm of #thrasher surveys in #Mexico. Their work has vastly expanded current knowledge on the Bendire’s Thrasher there, critical to their #conservation.
#desertthrashers #birds
#desertthrashers #birds
Surveying for #desertthrashers is pretty all-consuming, but sometimes the GBBO crew just has to stop and scan for gulls and shorebirds....
#birds #birding #Mexico #wejustmightbeobsessed
#birds #birding #Mexico #wejustmightbeobsessed
January 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Surveying for #desertthrashers is pretty all-consuming, but sometimes the GBBO crew just has to stop and scan for gulls and shorebirds....
#birds #birding #Mexico #wejustmightbeobsessed
#birds #birding #Mexico #wejustmightbeobsessed
GBBO's work in #Mexico began in 2020 with a series of workshops about desert thrashers in Hermosillo, the capitol city of Sonora.
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
January 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
GBBO's work in #Mexico began in 2020 with a series of workshops about desert thrashers in Hermosillo, the capitol city of Sonora.
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
The LeConte’s Thrasher is the better studied of the desert thrasher species, thanks especially to Jay Sheppard’s work in the Central Valley of California, where they use mainly saltbush as seen here near Corn Creek in Nevada. Photo by Jennifer Tobin.
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
April 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The LeConte’s Thrasher is the better studied of the desert thrasher species, thanks especially to Jay Sheppard’s work in the Central Valley of California, where they use mainly saltbush as seen here near Corn Creek in Nevada. Photo by Jennifer Tobin.
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
Part of the GBBO thrasher-searching team looking for Bendire's Thrashers on a ranch near Hermosillo, for the training workshop there.
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Part of the GBBO thrasher-searching team looking for Bendire's Thrashers on a ranch near Hermosillo, for the training workshop there.
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
This spring, GBBO is partnering with the Arizona Game & Fish Department to attach satellite tags to #desertthrashers. We hope to find out, what happens to displaced thrashers after utility-size solar is constructed on their territories. If washes are left intact, will the thrashers still use them?
April 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This spring, GBBO is partnering with the Arizona Game & Fish Department to attach satellite tags to #desertthrashers. We hope to find out, what happens to displaced thrashers after utility-size solar is constructed on their territories. If washes are left intact, will the thrashers still use them?
GBBO biologists Dawn Fletcher and Lauren Harter fit a LeConte’s Thrasher with a satellite transmitter via a harness looped around the legs, holding the transmitter comfortably on the bird’s back
#DesertThrashers #banding #ringing #conservation
#DesertThrashers #banding #ringing #conservation
July 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
GBBO biologists Dawn Fletcher and Lauren Harter fit a LeConte’s Thrasher with a satellite transmitter via a harness looped around the legs, holding the transmitter comfortably on the bird’s back
#DesertThrashers #banding #ringing #conservation
#DesertThrashers #banding #ringing #conservation
In 2023, DTWG partners captured and tagged the first LeConte’s Thrasher ever banded in #Nevada, the first in an ongoing study examining how these nonmigratory birds use the landscape at different times of year.
#desertthrashers #banding #conservation
#desertthrashers #banding #conservation
April 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In 2023, DTWG partners captured and tagged the first LeConte’s Thrasher ever banded in #Nevada, the first in an ongoing study examining how these nonmigratory birds use the landscape at different times of year.
#desertthrashers #banding #conservation
#desertthrashers #banding #conservation
Former farmland allowed to return to a more natural state with scattered small trees is ideal habitat for Bendire's Thrashers. This area near Hermosillo, Sonora hosted several breeding pairs as well as wintering birds from points north.
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
January 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Former farmland allowed to return to a more natural state with scattered small trees is ideal habitat for Bendire's Thrashers. This area near Hermosillo, Sonora hosted several breeding pairs as well as wintering birds from points north.
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
#desertthrashers #birds #Mexico
Through decades of monitoring we have learned that the upper El Dorado and Piute valleys in far southern #Nevada are a stronghold for Bendire’s Thrashers in NV and LeConte’s Thrashers in the world.
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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April 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Through decades of monitoring we have learned that the upper El Dorado and Piute valleys in far southern #Nevada are a stronghold for Bendire’s Thrashers in NV and LeConte’s Thrashers in the world.
#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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#desertthrashers #conservation #birds
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But before we can band and deploy satellite tags on our #DesertThrashers to study their movements, we have to catch them first! A challenge, but also fun.
Here Spencer sets up our decoy thrashers to help bring the #birds in.
Here Spencer sets up our decoy thrashers to help bring the #birds in.
July 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
But before we can band and deploy satellite tags on our #DesertThrashers to study their movements, we have to catch them first! A challenge, but also fun.
Here Spencer sets up our decoy thrashers to help bring the #birds in.
Here Spencer sets up our decoy thrashers to help bring the #birds in.
Bendire’s Thrashers are #birds of open, arid woodlands. In #Nevada they prefer Joshua Trees, but their habitats look different in the Sonoran Desert, Chihuahuan Desert, Sonoran thornscrub of Mexico, or even the juniper savannas of the Colorado Plateau!
Photo by Bobby Wilcox
#desertthrashers
Photo by Bobby Wilcox
#desertthrashers
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Bendire’s Thrashers are #birds of open, arid woodlands. In #Nevada they prefer Joshua Trees, but their habitats look different in the Sonoran Desert, Chihuahuan Desert, Sonoran thornscrub of Mexico, or even the juniper savannas of the Colorado Plateau!
Photo by Bobby Wilcox
#desertthrashers
Photo by Bobby Wilcox
#desertthrashers
Over the weekend, volunteers with Arizona Field Ornithologists embarked on a field expedition to locate LeConte's & Bendire's Thrasher territories at target sites in Arizona. The expedition was a success; each yellow dot represents a thrasher sighting!
#birds #desertthrashers #fieldwork #thankyou
#birds #desertthrashers #fieldwork #thankyou
January 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Over the weekend, volunteers with Arizona Field Ornithologists embarked on a field expedition to locate LeConte's & Bendire's Thrasher territories at target sites in Arizona. The expedition was a success; each yellow dot represents a thrasher sighting!
#birds #desertthrashers #fieldwork #thankyou
#birds #desertthrashers #fieldwork #thankyou
Welcome to ThrasherQuest 2025!
Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
www.gbbo.org/thrashe...
#citizenscience #desertthrashers #birds #conservation
Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
www.gbbo.org/thrashe...
#citizenscience #desertthrashers #birds #conservation
ThrasherQuest — Great Basin Bird Observatory
Help support GBBO's Thrasher Research with our new community science
project!
www.gbbo.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Welcome to ThrasherQuest 2025!
Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
www.gbbo.org/thrashe...
#citizenscience #desertthrashers #birds #conservation
Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
www.gbbo.org/thrashe...
#citizenscience #desertthrashers #birds #conservation
You can head into the field in Quest of #DesertThrashers as part of our new #communityscience program, and/or join in the Friends of Avi Kwa Ame fundraiser. THANK YOU for your support!
#ThrasherQuest2025 #birds #conservation
#ThrasherQuest2025 #birds #conservation
Welcome to ThrasherQuest 2025!
Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
www.gbbo.org/thrashe...
#citizenscience #desertthrashers #birds #conservation
Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
www.gbbo.org/thrashe...
#citizenscience #desertthrashers #birds #conservation
ThrasherQuest — Great Basin Bird Observatory
Help support GBBO's Thrasher Research with our new community science
project!
www.gbbo.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You can head into the field in Quest of #DesertThrashers as part of our new #communityscience program, and/or join in the Friends of Avi Kwa Ame fundraiser. THANK YOU for your support!
#ThrasherQuest2025 #birds #conservation
#ThrasherQuest2025 #birds #conservation
This image shows classic Bendire's Thrasher habitat in the Sonoran Desert, as seen at a large ranch east of Hermosillo, Sonora. The question of what is causing their major population declines is a major focus of the Desert Thrasher Working Group.
#birds #conservation #desertthrashers
#birds #conservation #desertthrashers
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This image shows classic Bendire's Thrasher habitat in the Sonoran Desert, as seen at a large ranch east of Hermosillo, Sonora. The question of what is causing their major population declines is a major focus of the Desert Thrasher Working Group.
#birds #conservation #desertthrashers
#birds #conservation #desertthrashers
GBBO's work in #Mexico began in 2020 with a series of workshops about desert thrashers in Hermosillo, the capitol city of Sonora.
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
January 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
GBBO's work in #Mexico began in 2020 with a series of workshops about desert thrashers in Hermosillo, the capitol city of Sonora.
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
Here Carlos Gonzalez is presenting two classroom workshops, and then describing data collection in a field session.
#desertthrashers #birds
Beginning in 2017, GBBO biologists co-authored standardized survey protocols for desert thrashers and managed a rangewide survey effort in the United States, including implementing surveys in #Nevada.
#conservation #birds #desertthrashers
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#conservation #birds #desertthrashers
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April 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Beginning in 2017, GBBO biologists co-authored standardized survey protocols for desert thrashers and managed a rangewide survey effort in the United States, including implementing surveys in #Nevada.
#conservation #birds #desertthrashers
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#conservation #birds #desertthrashers
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July 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM