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Texas gulf coast bird (1 Viewer)
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The Falcon
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ptickner
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Well, it was a clay-colored robin until the name was changed in 2010 to clay-colored thrush.
While I'm not sure why Falcon doesn't think it is a good bird, it is a good bird for the US. They are the national bird of Costa Rica, but in the states they are few and far between, with Brownsville about the only place to see them.
While I'm not sure why Falcon doesn't think it is a good bird, it is a good bird for the US. They are the national bird of Costa Rica, but in the states they are few and far between, with Brownsville about the only place to see them.
The Falcon
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I am not saying that it isn't a good bird for the US in general. However, I am saying for that area (southern Texas) where the photo was taken, it is not rare. As, there are quite a few records, in that area just this month alone, on eBird.
GreatHorn14
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Perhaps it is not 'rare,' but it's a good bird in my book :t:
Yes, I agree a good bird – especially in Cameron county, though not a rare vagrant in the region. A Birder's Guide to the Rio Grande Valley (2008), states regarding Clay-colored Thrush: "Locally rare to uncommon resident in the Lower Valley…; casual in Cameron county. Increasing. … Some years this species is more numerous and also can be found in residential areas from along the coast near Laguna Vista inland to McAllen."
Jim
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Steve Gross
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They've definitely increased their range throughout the Lower Rio Grande Valley over the last ten years. They're reported with some regularity from Laredo/San Ygnacio/Zapata to Brownsville. I even had one at the Brooks County Rest Area on US 281 several years ago.
They're around, but I don't know a single birder who isn't happy to see/hear one when they do.
Steve Gross
President, Texas Ornithological Society
They're around, but I don't know a single birder who isn't happy to see/hear one when they do.
Steve Gross
President, Texas Ornithological Society
