Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)

Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus

The *Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)* is a nesting bird of open sagebrush plains of the montane western United States. It winters in the southwestern U.S. and into Mexico. The shot here was taken at Fort Hancock, Hudspeth Co., Texas, in December, 1996, with a Canon T-90 and FD 400mm F/4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film.