Archive for the ‘Sage thrasher’ Tag
Black-billed magpie on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/24/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.
Sagebrush sparrow on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo taken by Tom Koerner/USFWS 6/21/17 and then posted on Flickr by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Greater sage-grouse on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/21/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.
American robin on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/23/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.
Sage thrashers feed primarily on terrestrial insects and arthropods, such as ants, grasshoppers, and ground beetles, which they find on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in the sage steppe, where they nest. They will also add berries into their diet when available. By late July, Saskatoon servicerries are ripening, and seemingly every sage thrasher in the County shows up to eat them. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/23/17 and posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.
Cedar waxwing feeds on Saskatoon serviceberry at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Taken 7/24/17 & posted on Flickr by the US Department of the Interior.
After its running-on-water takeoff, this lesser scaup raises its landing gear and flaps to gain altitude. Photo by Krista Lundgren/USFWS. Tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/4/18.
Male yellow-headed blackbirds (like this one) arrive to establish territories on wetlands ahead of the arrival of the females. Females will build a nest in vegetation (like cattails or bulrushes) over the water within a male’s territory. Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS. Photo taken on 4/18/17 and tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
American kestrel taking in this beautiful Monday on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Posted on Facebook by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/1/17.
A sage thrasher perched on a Wyoming big #sagebrush. Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS. Posted on Facebook by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/2/17.
Swan family, tweeted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, 5/12/17.