whisper calls, very soft, the bill not being opened at all, from an exposed perch 5 m up on top of a small juniper; many simple calls, simpler than normal (one syllable);

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

second recording of this individual; appropriative song (to my knowledge, there are no background species in this recording except Picoides scalaris, so I think Verdin-like call is a deliberate thrasher phrase); other motifs sound like Song Sparrow, but may not be that at all, and Western Kingbird, a favorite of this species

playback-used:no

Same as XC616586, natural vocalization from the top of a 20 foot tall tree

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

About 10m away atop a mesquite.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Sound Devices MixPre-3 Wildtronics Stereo Model #WTPMMSA 22” Parabolic Reflector, [email protected]

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

second recording of this individual, which is different from any recorded on other visits

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

sixth in a series of about six Crissal Thrasher including Common Poorwill imitations; mimetic song from a new perch on top of mesquite scrub; no longer doing Poorwill imitations, which have gone down in percentage through each recording; still doing other imitations, including W Wood-Pewee, C-c Longspur, Lark Bunting; between 5th and 6th recordings, it still did some Poorwill, and I could see the bill open the tiniest amount (and the Poorwill vocalization moved when the Thrasher moved after the Cooper's Hawk, finally putting my mind at ease, plus I kicked the original bush and there was no Poorwill);

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

from an exposed perch 2 m up on top of a small mesquite, flying down near the end and gradually stopping calling; a rather simple two-note call;

not seen in desert scrub;

third in a series of about seven Crissal Thrasher including Common Poorwill imitations; I was still thinking there was a Poorwill, with a mimid singing nearby; still a high percentage of Poorwill calls, as many as six in a row, and there is even the little throaty Poorwill ending on some

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

ID certainty 100%. (Archiv. tape 500 side A track 113 seq. A)

another bird calling a little off mic;

playback-used:no

About 15m away in mesquite bosque.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

calling from an exposed perch on top of short mesquites; some good stretches, including roughly two to three minutes out, but also distant vehicles at times, partly filtered

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no