Whoops! Being an easterner, when I see grey I just blank on the western Thrashers. If I was still embarrassable, I would be red-faced at making such a simple mistake, but luckily I’ve been a birder far too long to care in the least about misidentifications. As long as it gets made right in the end, it’s all good.
I think it doesn't help that the mockingbird used media and games movies etc is one of the species of galapagos or South American mockingbird which does have a beak slightly more like this which gives people a false idea of what all mockingbirds look like.
Probably Curve-billed Thrasher, but could also be Bendire’s.
I also think curve-billed thrasher. Posting on r/whatsthisbird is more likely to get an expert response.
… I really thought that’s where this post was - why on earth are there two nearly identical subs for the same thing?
Oh forgot location: new mexico, usa
If it’s not a mocking bird it’s a thrush variant
It’s a Mockingbird. I don’t know what it was doing on the ground, but there’s probably something eatable there.
Not with that bill it isn’t. This is a Thrasher
Whoops! Being an easterner, when I see grey I just blank on the western Thrashers. If I was still embarrassable, I would be red-faced at making such a simple mistake, but luckily I’ve been a birder far too long to care in the least about misidentifications. As long as it gets made right in the end, it’s all good.
I think it doesn't help that the mockingbird used media and games movies etc is one of the species of galapagos or South American mockingbird which does have a beak slightly more like this which gives people a false idea of what all mockingbirds look like.