It’s finally cooling off in Phoenix after a long, hot, dry summer so I’ve spent some more time outside in my yard. I’ve been trying to get the birds to pose doing various things by using food incentives, mostly peanuts, in addition to all the other things they get to eat here. The Curve-billed Thrashers (above) are always the most curious and willing to inspect new things. So who was taking whose picture here?
Here are a few more of the Thrashers cooperating with my plan: the Interloper, the Peanut House, the Goose-Step…
They’re such fun birds to have around.
Also semi-cooperative are the Abert’s Towhees:
And:
And a birdbath often gets some nice results:
And back to the most cooperative of all, a Thrasher:
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