ID Help: American Pipit or Sage Thrasher at Lake Pueblo?

[Caoimhín Perkins]

Hi all,

I was wandering around the canyon trails along Lake Pueblo this weekend and saw this robin-sized songbird perched on a bush. The size and narrowness of the beak tell me this is not a sparrow, and the closest I can find to it is a pipit, but I am not confident in that considering the beak has a bit of a downturn as seen in the second photo. Never sang or made any calls, either, so non help there. Merlin identified it as a Sage Thrasher when I did photo ID with these pictures, but I don't think the colors or patterns on the face or belly are correct for that.

[David Suddjian]

Yes, a Sage Thrasher.

David Suddjian

Littleton, CO

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