Rare vistor to my backyard.
May 8, 2018 10:09:35 #
May 8, 2018 10:53:08 #
trainspotter
Loc: Oregon
Timing is everything...Great shot on such a rare bird... (a rare bird in the viewfinder is worth more then....Brussels sprouts)
May 8, 2018 10:53:15 #
I give up. What is it and where are you? I don't remember seeing a bird like this in North America.
May 8, 2018 13:41:27 #
May 8, 2018 13:44:44 #
Also according to Cornell University - but it is a he, not a she.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Towhee/id
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Towhee/id
May 8, 2018 15:57:07 #
hamphi wrote:
I'm in North Platte, NE and this is an Eastern Towhee (according to many, at any rate).
Ok, thanks for the reply. I've never seen one probably because it's an eastern bird. I did feel that it has some of the traits of the Spotted Towhee.
May 8, 2018 20:29:58 #
May 9, 2018 00:48:01 #
May 9, 2018 06:31:06 #
May 9, 2018 07:35:08 #
New Mexico Dave
Loc: Corrales, NM
Hi All - Sorry to be a wet blanket, but this is a female Spotted Towhee, an uncommon to fairly common breeder to northern Nebraska. The streaked scapulars and back feathers are the give-away. Female Eastern Towhees do not have any markings on the wings or back except for the white base to the primaries.
May 9, 2018 08:40:43 #
May 9, 2018 22:04:00 #
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