{"id":4375,"date":"2018-04-29T11:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T18:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/?p=4375"},"modified":"2018-04-29T11:49:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T18:49:58","slug":"curve-billed-thrasher-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/29\/curve-billed-thrasher-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Curve-Billed Thrasher and Beautiful Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h4>Curve-Billed Thrasher and Beautiful Song<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertusa.com\/birds\/curve-billed-thrasher.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">curve-billed thrasher<\/a> is not the most elegant or colorful or powerful bird that visits my yard. At times it looks rather clumsy compared to some of the other birds, almost clown-like. But its song is like no other.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4374\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graham_-Susan_-Brandt_2018_04_29_9270-2.jpg\" alt=\"curve-billed thrasher\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graham_-Susan_-Brandt_2018_04_29_9270-2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graham_-Susan_-Brandt_2018_04_29_9270-2-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graham_-Susan_-Brandt_2018_04_29_9270-2-400x320.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curve-billed thrasher on the chimney, surveying its world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This audio also contains in the background the call of the white-winged dove (&#8220;who cooks for you? who cooks for you?&#8221;).<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4375-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Curved-Bill-Thrasher.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Curved-Bill-Thrasher.m4a\">http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Curved-Bill-Thrasher.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>These are the sounds of life in the high southwest desert. 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