GBBO staff behind a bar, pouring beer for the birds!
In August, GBBO staff took over the bar for a night at Reno's Hideout Lounge, to pour beers for the birds! Thank you to everyone who came out to support #DesertThrasher research, and special thanks to Rob at the Hideout for collaborating with us (& for the on-the-fly training)!
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Lauren and Dawn pulling a thrasher out of a mistnet for banding.
As active participants in the Desert Thrasher Working Group since its inception in 2011, GBBO has been at the forefront of desert thrasher conservation.
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LeConte's Thrasher nest.
LeConte’s Thrashers build their nests of sturdy sticks & place them in thick, often pointy vegetation such as this cholla. They line the nest with soft white fluff, & when they are just getting ready to lay their eggs, they decorate the rim with fresh yellow flowers.
#desertthrasher #birds #nests
Bendire's Thrasher perched in shrub.
The Bendire’s Thrasher is more widespread, found in deserts and arid woodlands from southern Nevada and Utah to southern Sonora in Mexico. It was long believed to be conspecific with the more common and very similar Curve-billed Thrasher.
#BendiresThrasher #desertthrasher #birds
Birders staring at a Bendire's Thrasher in the distance, open ground with scattered trees, water in background, with wispy clouds in the sky.
One Bendire's Thrasher was particularly cooperative on the second day of our #desertthrasher workshops in Sonora. Several folks got sound recordings.
Workshop participants listening to presentations at the Universidad Estatal de Sonora
Workshop participants in the field, posing next to the road.
In February 2020, GBBO staff met with partners and students at Universidad Estatal de #Sonora to talk about #DesertThrasher conservation, life history, identification, and survey techniques - in the classroom and in the field!
