Curve-billed thrashers are common in the American Southwest in dry, brushy country or desert scrub.   They have a very cheerful song and seem to be quite social.   Some of these were coming to a feeder and water drip on a ranch in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas; the others were in Tucson, Green Vally, or Portal, Arizona.

• Canon 1D Mk. II, 1D3, 1D4, or R5; 500 mm f4 IS lens + 1.4X or 2X converter or 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X converter, fill-in flash (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2022)