Beautiful Brown Thrasher! I love those noisy guys.
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Not a meadow lark? Where did a thrasher come from??!
What a great pic 
Nope, not a meadowlark.
Here is a link to Cornell's All About Birds for the Western Meadowlark: Western Meadowlark Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of OrnithologyYou most likely have Brown Thrashers in the summer, but they rarely come to feeders so you probably don't see them often, but hear them.
Brown Thrasher Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
It can be tricky to glimpse a Brown Thrasher in a tangled mass of shrubbery, and once you do you may wonder how such a boldly patterned, gangly bird could stay so hidden. Brown Thrashers wear a somewhat severe expression thanks to their heavy, slightly downcurved bill and staring yellow eyes...
www.allaboutbirds.org
MerMaeve, what a wonderful website, thanks.
Lots of bird activity lately. Very active in the morning so I try to make sure to check the water in case a masked varmint has used all the water in the night. It's kind of a pain to check the pictures when the wind has been blowing because there are hundreds of pictures of moving grass to delete.
What is the speckled bird? He doesn't look like the thrasher.
candycar
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It may be a Sagebrush Sparrow. That's all I could figure out.
Helpful Identification guide at Identify a bird by its location, size, and color
Helpful Identification guide at Identify a bird by its location, size, and color
betwys1
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I had trouble finding a sagebrush sparrow with any breast speckle. Here it is - the speckle is not pronounced:
Here is a Brown Thrasher with much stronger speckle:
Here is a Brown Thrasher with much stronger speckle:
That looks like a Fox Sparrow.
Fox Sparrow Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Typically seen sending up a spray of leaf litter as they kick around in search of food, Fox Sparrows are dark, splotchy sparrows of dense thickets. Named for the rich red hues that many Fox Sparrows wear, this species is nevertheless one of our most variable birds, with four main groups that can...
www.allaboutbirds.org
Not the trail camera, but I was sewing this morning and saw juncos in the native beauty berry bush. So fun to watch them.
Willow Flats
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What a nice view out your window!! I caught a glimpse of your wallpaper too. So pretty, it looks vintage maybe?
Nice! Love your spiderweb and spider, too.
Well, the wallpaper has been there nearly 20 years, but I picked the design to go with an antique door on the closet. And yes, I do have wonderful views. There are large windows on another wall that look toward our backyard mountain. In the spring, this window has a beautiful flowering almond to see. You can see a deer looking in from the mountain side window.
Willow Flats
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How do you keep the deer from eating your beautiful flowers? When we lived in the mountains they ate everything just about except salvia! I eventually installed some deer fencing so I could have a rose garden.
There is so much native growth around that we haven't had a lot of trouble. They do nibble on the crepe myrtle, and sometimes the roses, and have damaged the bois d arc tree bark. But nothing serious. There are wheat fields around us, so lots to nibble on. Our front yard has become their bedding ground. Sometimes my husband runs out and shouts "You deer! Get out of here!" but they don't pay him any attention. At least we know we would not starve to death if times got bad.
From my kitchen window this morning.
Nice photo! Cardinals are so photogenic. Interesting that his black marking looks square from the front.
Thank you. Now that I have a phone with a good camera, I'm hoping to sneak some more bird pictures. I love seeing wild animals doing their thing.
Lots of bird activity lately. Here are four little speckled guys.
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