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The Curve-Billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) is the songbird of the desert. A nonmigratory species of the southwest, it competes with the Northern Mockingbird for the most beautiful voice - most folks cannot tell the difference when listening. It’s shares the same family with the Mockingbird and is also gray. But its bill is much longer and slightly curved - hence its name. This one I caught at sunset perched high on a dead Ironwood tree atop a hill in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona about 50 miles south of Phoenix. I decided to digitally treat this photo with an artistic filter to serve as background for one of my favorite Thoreau quotes.

Judy Kennedy (a visionary wayward muse) is a nature mystic and disabled visual media artist specializing in the Arizona Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is the United States' most ecologically diverse desert - especially in the state of Arizona. With an abounding love for her home, Judy's artwork and videos mostly feature wildlife in its natural setting with accompanying landscapes and skyscapes as varied and unique as her stylistic expressions. She serves this inimitable beauty and hopes that her art inspires others in their own conservation efforts. Judy is also a versatile writer of creative nonfiction and a composer of music which can be heard in many of her videos. Her YouTube channel alone has well over 1100 subscribers. ...