It was submitted by Hal & Kathy Robins.
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Subject: Bendire's Thrasher?
Email_Address: farm@softcom.net
Message: Bendire?s Thrasher in the Uinta Mountains? On July 14th we were birding at 9,200 feet (expansive open meadow bordered by lodgepole pine) and identified a Bendire?s Thrasher. It was 50 feet in front of us for about 10 minutes, criss-crossing a dirt road continuously catching insects (finally perching in a low bush and lodgepole pine). Obviously, it was out of its normal range and habitat. We ruled out the ?very worn? adult Sage Thrasher as described in Sibley. The triangular spots of the Bendire?s Thrasher were obvious along with the slight down-curved bill. We regularly see Sage Thrashers along the upper Chalk Creek Canyon Road above Coalville. We consulted past Birdtalk Archives and noted that Calvin Robbins had seen a Bendire?s Thrasher in Rich County last month. Directions: Mirror Lake Highway 150 (approximately 35 miles south of Evanston), to road 032 (Whitney Reservoir), proceed 2.4 miles to the Mill City Creek turnoff (road 109), proceed 1 ½ miles along this road. The road is passable by a 4-wheel drive or high clearance vehicle.Hal & Kathy Robins