![Curve-billed Thrasher perched on a fence post just behind a prickly pear cactus.](https://i0.wp.com/drdudephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Curve-billed-Thrasher-King-Ranch-Kingsville-TX-2-23-2024-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 420 mm; ISO-250; f/9; 1/1000 sec.
This page is for the Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre). I was happy to see this bird out in the open. My first photo was not a great picture, but it was the best I had of the Curve-billed Thrasher as it kept deep in the trees. I had been hearing a Sage Thrasher but never could see it. I thought this bird was the Sage Thrasher at first until I did a bit more research.
![Curved-billed Thrasher hiding deep in a juniper tree. A branch hides a large part of the bird, including the head, except for the characteristic curved bill of a thrasher.](https://i0.wp.com/drdudephotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Curve-billed-Thrasher-Black-Mesa-Trail-Kenton-OK-October-20-2022-jpg-4x6-1.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-6400; f/10; 1/800 sec.