English and Scientific names: |
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) |
Number of individuals: |
one; adult |
Locality: LOUISIANA: |
Cameron |
Specific Locality: |
Blue Goose Trail in Sabine
NWR |
Date(s) when observed: |
10/23/2010 |
Time(s)
of day when observed: |
11:45 am. - 12:00 noon |
Reporting observer and address: |
Mary Mehaffey Folsom, LA 70437 |
Other observers accompanying reporter who
also identified the bird(s): |
Cham Mehaffey |
Other observers not accompanying reporter who
also identified the bird(s): |
Tom Finney on 10/22/10 same
place Blue Goose Trail Sabine NWR |
Light
conditions: |
in full sunlight |
Optical
equipment: |
Alpen 8 x 42 binoculars 2 yrs old great condition Audubon 8 x 42 binoculars 3
yrs old great condition |
Distance
to bird(s): |
50 - 60 feet |
Duration
of observation: |
10 minutes |
Habitat: |
marsh with grassland with
some shrubs and small trees |
Behavior of bird: |
perched on boardwalk rail
about 5 minutes; flew into grass and then later back up on rail for another 5
minutes |
Description: |
smaller than a Brown
Thrasher about the size of a catbird with same proportions; yellow eye; bill
about half the size of a Brown Thrasher; tail not as long as a Brown Thrasher |
Voice: |
did not call |
Similar
species: |
Brown Thrasher: bird was smaller
with no reddish brown color; shorter tail Bendire\'s Thrasher:
bird was much more heavily streaked on breast Juvenile Mockingbird: bird was much more heavily streaked on
breast and gray/brown not gray in color and had no dark eyeline |
Photographs
or tape recordings obtained? |
Mary Mehaffey sent to
Richard Gibbons and Paul Conover |
Previous experience: |
Seen in West Texas 6/19/2004 |
Identification aids: |
Sibley\'s Guide to Birds
and National Geographic Field Guide 5th edition |
Notes made from memory? |
notes made after the
observation 10/23/10 |
Are
you positive of your identification? If not, explain: |
Yes |
Date and time: |
10/23/2010 11:45 am when first observed |