Thrasher at Work Constructing Next

A curved-bill thrasher is building a nest in a cactus next to the patio. I was excited to catch him flying among the cactus' pads (not sure what they are actually called). I'm hoping the nest ends up with eggs and chicks by early spring!

[Brigette]

i like all the grey brown muted tones here with the lovely textures across the scene

[Allison Williams]

Wonderful capture and composition!

[Milanie]

What wonderful timing to catch him

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good catch! I take it you're there for a while if you're expecting to see chicks in the bird nest.

[Yao RL]

Love the composition and the environment.

[Rick]

Wow, great capture.

[Kathy]

This looks as much like an illustration as a photo. So much texture and pattern.

[Jane Pittenger]

Oh Taffy this is wonderful…the spread wings, eye, stick, environment. I guess I shouldn’t have given up on the idea of there being birds there this time of year

[Diane]

So nice how you have captured his wings, eye and all those prickly cacti.

[Diana]

So beautifully captured with wonderful tones and textures.

[eDorre]

Lovely catch! It will be fun to watch

[Delwyn Barnett]

So lovely to photograph the bird like this, building its nest. I like the fairly monotone colour way too.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[John Falconer]

Terrific capture.

[Rob Z]

Great scene - I love how all the tones are so well matched...

[Kathy A]

Fabulous shot!

[Wylie]

terrific capture.

[Issi Bannerman]

That is such a beautiful capture, Taffy. I love the focus on the cactus and your DOF.

[Jeremy Cross]

Great capture

[Boxplayer]

Amazing creature and capture

[Joan Robillard]

Great shot

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wonderful capture and composition, perfect in these monotones ! fav

[Brian]

Awesome POV and composition

[Angela]

Gosh, well captured.

[John]

Cool

[Corinne C]

Amazing capture

[Allison Maltese]

I always like seeing birds do what they do...

[Judith Johnson]

Wow, what an incredible opportunity, and a brilliant shot

[Louise & Ken]

"Cactus Pads"... yes. How marvelous to have that activity so close by! Are you staying in the foothills on the north side of town? The city has grown so much since we moved there from Rockford Il. in 1956! Back then we lived in the community marked off by Speedway and Alvernon...and Alvernon was really the "edge of town!"

[gloria jones]

Terrific capture...neat bokeh

[Taffy]

@Weezilou Yes. We are in the lower foothills southeast of Sunrise and Craycroft. A perfect location. The house was built in the late 1970s.

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

Love how you were able to capture the spread wing with this one

[KV]

Gorgeous BIF

[haskar]

Great timing and lovely capture.

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful, love the cactus and bokeh!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Linda Godwin]

Marvelous image!!!great capture

[Mags]

Wonderful capture!

[william wooderson]

Oh wow that is an amazing shot! Fav!

[Peter Dulis]

nice one ...

[borof]

Great colors and composition.

[carol white]

Nicely timed, a lovely capture. Fav 😊

[Helen Jane]

just gorgeous with it's lmited tones and textures.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[katy]

Amazing timing to get such a fantastic composition! Not a surprise to see this one on the TT

[Renee Salamon]

Magical