Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Curve-billed Thrasher
Scientific name:	Toxostoma curvirostre
Date:	6/2/19
Time:	9:12 am
Length of time observed:	5 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	N/A
Sex:	N/A
Location:	Grand Staircase Inn, Cannonville
County:	Garfield
Latilong:	37.568599, -112.054845
Elevation:	5892 ft
Distance to bird:	75 yards
Optical equipment:	Pentax ED 8x 43 binos, Canon 60D dslr with 100-400 IS lens
Weather:	Sunny and warm, Calm winds
Light Conditions:	Clear and bright
Description: Size of bird:	N/A
(Description:) Basic Shape:	N/A
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	N/A
(Description:) Bill Type:	N/A
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	I never viewed the bird.
Song or call & method of delivery:	Gave wit-weet call continuously for about 5 minutes with anywhere from 10-30 seconds between calls. Was hidden in a shrub the entire time. Spectrogram comparisons between the call note of my bird and other Curve-billed Thrashers in nearly identical, but individual birds can have slight variations to their calls notes. (audio/spectrograms)
Behavior:	I never got a look at the thrasher. It was calling in a shrub in an adjacent yard to the hotel. It gave the distinctive wit-weet of western Curve-billed Thrasher.
Habitat:	Residential area with large open yards and various large shrubs and trees.
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	No other species gives a call like the wit-weet of the western Curve-billed Thrasher. Mockingbirds could possibly mimic the call but the call was never quickly repeated and there were no interspersed calls like would be expected with a mockingbird, just the wit-weet.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	I have seen and heard dozens in Arizona.
References consulted:	Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western NA, Sibley Guide to Birds, Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion
Description from:	Notes taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Kenny Frisch
Observer's address:	4609 S Wallace Ln Holladay, UT 84117
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	N/A
Date prepared:	6/15/19
Additional material:
Additional comments:	My ebird checklist with recordings of the calls can be found here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56996378. The checklist also has pictures of the spectrogram from both my bird and another Curve-billed Thrasher that show how close the spectrograms are. The Peterson companion website has many other examples of the wit-weet of the western Curve-billed Thrasher and can be found here: