Crissal Thrasher x2 - Cottonwood Canyon. Baca County

[James Bruening]

All,

I relocated 2 Crissal Thrashers in Cottonwood Canyon this morning and possibly a third.  One adult and one was a juvenile with dark irises.  I never got back on the third bird to speculate that this was a family of 3.  These birds were 1/4 or so south of the original location, NE of the road by less than 100 yards.  See my ebird checklist for coordinates.  Thank you to Luke and Brian for finding the first one.  There was over a 100% chance I would not have been in Baca County for the rest of the year except for a find such as this!

Ready

Set

Drive (safely)

Bird is the word!

Josh Bruening

Currently Kim, CO

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[James Bruening]

All,

That was supposed to say 1/4 of a mile south from the original pin.

Thanks,

Josh Bruening

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On Dec 6, 2024, at 10:37 AM, James Bruening <8721...@gmail.com> wrote:

All,

I relocated 2 Crissal Thrashers in Cottonwood Canyon this morning and possibly a third.  One adult and one was a juvenile with dark irises.  I never got back on the third bird to speculate that this was a family of 3.  These birds were 1/4 or so south of the original location, NE of the road by less than 100 yards.  See my ebird checklist for coordinates.  Thank you to Luke and Brian for finding the first one.  There was over a 100% chance I would not have been in Baca County for the rest of the year except for a find such as this!

[James Bruening]

All,

Finally back with stable network connection waiting for a flat tire to be fixed. I copied the wrong link for my checklist.  So, it was not working properly when clicked on.  My apologies. Here is the proper link:

Josh Bruening

Currently La Junta

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On Dec 6, 2024, at 10:37 AM, James Bruening <8721...@gmail.com> wrote:

All,

I relocated 2 Crissal Thrashers in Cottonwood Canyon this morning and possibly a third.  One adult and one was a juvenile with dark irises.  I never got back on the third bird to speculate that this was a family of 3.  These birds were 1/4 or so south of the original location, NE of the road by less than 100 yards.  See my ebird checklist for coordinates.  Thank you to Luke and Brian for finding the first one.  There was over a 100% chance I would not have been in Baca County for the rest of the year except for a find such as this!

[Brandon]

Thanks Josh for re-finding Crissal Thrashers on Friday, and congrats to Luke and Brian for finding one last weekend.  

Yesterday morning, once the sun came up, a few of us were able to get a look at Crissal Thrasher near the gps location that Josh saw on Friday, and hear calls.  The thrasher came up on top of Pinyon Pine tree a couple of times and gave brief good looks.  I am very familiar with Crissal Thrashers, from many trips to west Texas, NM, and AZ, and they are fairly secretive and somewhat shy, it seemed that this was the case in Cottonwood Canyon yesterday morning too.  Good luck to others hoping to see these birds.  We heard that there may have also been a Crissal Thrasher in Oklahoma yesterday as well, and some birders in New Mexico, said they have been more numerous lately, so maybe they are moving north, and this could be a new regular species in SE Colorado.

Brandon Percival

Pueblo West, CO

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