Oreoscoptes montanus
Sage Thrashers have long legs and tails, yellow eyes, spotted breasts and gray-brown upper parts.
There are Sage Thrashers aplenty on Antelope Island State Park right now and they have been thrashing, dashing and singing their little hearts out the last three trips I have made out to the island.
Yesterday I photographed a mixture of the birds of Antelope Island State Park and had great fun while doing it.
This past week I have seen a few Sage Thrashers on Antelope Island State Park and although none of them were close enough to photograph I know it won't be long before I will be able to create new images of them.
This is the third post in my series about Wild and Wonderful Antelope Island State Park, I've saved the best (and longest) for last. The Birds! Okay, maybe they aren't the best thing about Antelope Island State Park, but I am a bird photographer and they are what I am most passionate about!
I can't acquire focus on the Lunatic Sage Thrashers because they don't ever stay still long enough, they race around willy-nilly until dizziness forces me to stop watching them. Think Ricochet Rabbit.
Sage Thrashers are from the Mimid family. They forage mainly on the ground for insects, though they do eat berries at times.