Sage thrasher.

Sage thrasher, a long way from home.

Mitchell's Bay, Ontario, Canada, Nov 7, 2021.

It was moving around in stag horn sumac bushes and grape vine and wouldn't come all the way out. Good looks at the wanderer.

This bird is way out of it's normal range in the American Southwest.

Oreoscoptes montanus

In the high desert of the sagebrush steppe there can be extreme daily fluctuations in temperature. Sage Thrashers often orient their nest entrances eastward to capture solar heat in the cold mornings and to shade the eggs in the hot afternoons.