Rick Hudson wrote:

"Does anyone out there in tweeter-land know of a source for song recordings
of these two thrashers?...I am planning a trip to southern California and
southern Arizona at the end of March, and would like to have recordings of
LeConte's and Crissal thrashers to help entice them into the open. I've
missed both of these species on several previous trips to these areas."

Rick, I'm pretty sure both the Crissal and the LeConte's are on the "Bird
Songs of Southeast Arizona" tape (name from memory; I think it's pretty
close). Flora & Fauna carries this tape. It is excellent for southwest
specialties, and I use it exclusively when I go to Arizona. The recordings
are much longer than most tapes, and the quality is superb.

BTW, a good place to look for Crissal, and occasionally LeConte's as well,
is the San Xavier Mission south of Tucson. The Franciscan monks there feed
the birds first thing in the AM, and are very good birders as well.

Dave Nunnallee
dnun461 at ecy.wa.gov
Bellevue, WA