Thrasher Molt

Curve-billed Thrashers seem even feistier when they’re enduring their pre-basic molt each fall; suppose I’d be in a bad mood, too, if all my hair were falling out and growing back in! No, I take that back: I’d be delighted if it would grow back in.

This is what one of our local whit-wheeters looks like right now:

Note the tail feathers growing in one pair at a time.