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Dec 28, 2022 03:46:21   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
I was checking my feeders out a side window the other morning to see if they needed attention when I saw a fresh trimmed bush start to shake and the branches really swaying quickly... so I focused on the bush top & this Spotted Towhee worked his way through the interior then popped out for a look around. This is becoming routine with all the Juncos & Chickadees & Towhees doing this all day long lately. the bushes make a perfect cover, it is on the South side so warmer in Winter yet in the shade in the Summer & thus cool. there are 7 of them & are kept trimmed. Hawks have never been very successful here only capturing 5 or 6 over several years. the resident Towhees have learned to use the seed trays & not just hop & scratch on the ground looking for dropped seeds. Now they go right to the source & chase off the Finches for some seeds! He had is eye on the sunflower seed tray the whole time!


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Dec 28, 2022 09:56:46   #
hettmoe Loc: Rural ND
 
Very nice!

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Dec 28, 2022 09:59:51   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
hettmoe wrote:
Very nice!


Thanks hettmoe I appreciate your comment. Walt

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Dec 28, 2022 16:04:00   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
Mustanger wrote:
I was checking my feeders out a side window the other morning to see if they needed attention when I saw a fresh trimmed bush start to shake and the branches really swaying quickly... so I focused on the bush top & this Spotted Towhee worked his way through the interior then popped out for a look around. This is becoming routine with all the Juncos & Chickadees & Towhees doing this all day long lately. the bushes make a perfect cover, it is on the South side so warmer in Winter yet in the shade in the Summer & thus cool. there are 7 of them & are kept trimmed. Hawks have never been very successful here only capturing 5 or 6 over several years. the resident Towhees have learned to use the seed trays & not just hop & scratch on the ground looking for dropped seeds. Now they go right to the source & chase off the Finches for some seeds! He had is eye on the sunflower seed tray the whole time!
I was checking my feeders out a side window the ot... (show quote)


Beautiful, and it certainly seems as if they are perfectly camouflaged for that particular environment 🤎🤎⭐🤎🤎

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Dec 28, 2022 22:12:01   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
joecichjr wrote:
Beautiful, and it certainly seems as if they are perfectly camouflaged for that particular environment 🤎🤎⭐🤎🤎



Yeah I think they are too Joe…hard to see their bright colors they can blend in so well. Kinda surprising thanks for stopping in. Walt

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Dec 29, 2022 09:36:26   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 

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Dec 29, 2022 09:41:05   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
Mustanger wrote:
I was checking my feeders out a side window the other morning to see if they needed attention when I saw a fresh trimmed bush start to shake and the branches really swaying quickly... so I focused on the bush top & this Spotted Towhee worked his way through the interior then popped out for a look around. This is becoming routine with all the Juncos & Chickadees & Towhees doing this all day long lately. the bushes make a perfect cover, it is on the South side so warmer in Winter yet in the shade in the Summer & thus cool. there are 7 of them & are kept trimmed. Hawks have never been very successful here only capturing 5 or 6 over several years. the resident Towhees have learned to use the seed trays & not just hop & scratch on the ground looking for dropped seeds. Now they go right to the source & chase off the Finches for some seeds! He had is eye on the sunflower seed tray the whole time!
I was checking my feeders out a side window the ot... (show quote)


They blend in with their surroundings...we have some here but it's quite a challenge to get a shot of them.

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Dec 29, 2022 11:43:46   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Good work, Walt!

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Dec 29, 2022 11:59:54   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
Mustanger wrote:
I was checking my feeders out a side window the other morning to see if they needed attention when I saw a fresh trimmed bush start to shake and the branches really swaying quickly... so I focused on the bush top & this Spotted Towhee worked his way through the interior then popped out for a look around. This is becoming routine with all the Juncos & Chickadees & Towhees doing this all day long lately. the bushes make a perfect cover, it is on the South side so warmer in Winter yet in the shade in the Summer & thus cool. there are 7 of them & are kept trimmed. Hawks have never been very successful here only capturing 5 or 6 over several years. the resident Towhees have learned to use the seed trays & not just hop & scratch on the ground looking for dropped seeds. Now they go right to the source & chase off the Finches for some seeds! He had is eye on the sunflower seed tray the whole time!
I was checking my feeders out a side window the ot... (show quote)


Nice set.

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Dec 29, 2022 15:46:04   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
Mustanger wrote:
I was checking my feeders out a side window the other morning to see if they needed attention when I saw a fresh trimmed bush start to shake and the branches really swaying quickly... so I focused on the bush top & this Spotted Towhee worked his way through the interior then popped out for a look around. This is becoming routine with all the Juncos & Chickadees & Towhees doing this all day long lately. the bushes make a perfect cover, it is on the South side so warmer in Winter yet in the shade in the Summer & thus cool. there are 7 of them & are kept trimmed. Hawks have never been very successful here only capturing 5 or 6 over several years. the resident Towhees have learned to use the seed trays & not just hop & scratch on the ground looking for dropped seeds. Now they go right to the source & chase off the Finches for some seeds! He had is eye on the sunflower seed tray the whole time!
I was checking my feeders out a side window the ot... (show quote)


Great set!!

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Dec 30, 2022 00:40:37   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
UTMike wrote:
Good work, Walt!


Thanks Mike I appreciate that!

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Dec 30, 2022 00:42:11   #
linda lagace
 
Mustanger wrote:
I was checking my feeders out a side window the other morning to see if they needed attention when I saw a fresh trimmed bush start to shake and the branches really swaying quickly... so I focused on the bush top & this Spotted Towhee worked his way through the interior then popped out for a look around. This is becoming routine with all the Juncos & Chickadees & Towhees doing this all day long lately. the bushes make a perfect cover, it is on the South side so warmer in Winter yet in the shade in the Summer & thus cool. there are 7 of them & are kept trimmed. Hawks have never been very successful here only capturing 5 or 6 over several years. the resident Towhees have learned to use the seed trays & not just hop & scratch on the ground looking for dropped seeds. Now they go right to the source & chase off the Finches for some seeds! He had is eye on the sunflower seed tray the whole time!
I was checking my feeders out a side window the ot... (show quote)


😲

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Dec 30, 2022 00:42:52   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
tcthome wrote:


B :

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Dec 30, 2022 00:45:48   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
linda lagace wrote:
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Dec 30, 2022 11:16:19   #
Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY
 
Mustanger wrote:
I was checking my feeders out a side window the other morning to see if they needed attention when I saw a fresh trimmed bush start to shake and the branches really swaying quickly... so I focused on the bush top & this Spotted Towhee worked his way through the interior then popped out for a look around. This is becoming routine with all the Juncos & Chickadees & Towhees doing this all day long lately. the bushes make a perfect cover, it is on the South side so warmer in Winter yet in the shade in the Summer & thus cool. there are 7 of them & are kept trimmed. Hawks have never been very successful here only capturing 5 or 6 over several years. the resident Towhees have learned to use the seed trays & not just hop & scratch on the ground looking for dropped seeds. Now they go right to the source & chase off the Finches for some seeds! He had is eye on the sunflower seed tray the whole time!
I was checking my feeders out a side window the ot... (show quote)



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