Bendire's Thrasher

Toxostoma bendirei

Perching

Length: 10 in. (25 cm )

Restricted to poor and open desert areas, the Bendire\'s Thrasher is most easily seen singing from a high perch or telephone pole or running with its tail up in the air across the ground between sparse bushes. This species rarely enters urban and only occasionally suburban areas. Its cup-like nest is placed in a bush or small tree and is constructed from small twigs, grass and leaves. They eat seeds in the winter and large insects in the Spring and Summer.

The four-digit banding code is BETH.

Male | Jim Burns

Female | Robert Shantz

Agricultural

Desert

Mesquite bosque

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Article: Bendire's Thrasher
Author(s): Dr. Biology
Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
Date published: 13 Jul, 2017
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Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/bendires-thrasher

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Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:36). Bendire's Thrasher. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/bendires-thrasher

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Dr. Biology. "Bendire's Thrasher". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/bendires-thrasher

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Dr. Biology. "Bendire's Thrasher". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/bendires-thrasher

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

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