New Mexico
Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre
(L 11" WS 13.5" WT 2.8 oz)
Has a broad habitat tolerance...often
chases the Cactus Wren from its area.
Embudito Canyon
10Mar2012
What the heck ‘s darn wrong with you nephew?
u r a buzzer and a croaker! Just a four flasher,
so roust out to work, whiskey-breath jerky-chew,
and stop quacking like an idiot brown thrasher.
(
Das Doctor und der lozt laundry-mat zocks)
© Wikipedia
Toxostoma
in Greek means
bow mouth
;
curvurostri
is
Latin for
curved bill
.
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Society