towhee

Several landbird species that were common in these 2 historical parks were absent or rare in data from the wilderness parks, such as White-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Savannah Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Spotted Towhee, Purple Finch, and Red-winged Blackbird.

I've been on the visiting end of backyard "stakeouts" several times, most recently this winter, when Warrenville homeowner Kate Hopkins hosted a spotted towhee. Her generosity enabled dozens of birders to experience a western species that for some was a new tick on the life list.

Caption: A female eastern towhee with a white throated sparrow in the background.

He served on board HM Trawler Towhee, converted into a minesweeper, spending much of the war on escort and patrol duty in the English Channel.

Instead, he focuses on South Florida slash pine trees that he uses as navigational markers that are no longer standing, or the increasing rare sight of the Eastern Towhee, a large sparrow that used to be ubiquitous throughout the county.

Birds like the song sparrow, spotted towhee, dark-eyed junco and Bewick's wren, often live in people's backyards, birdhouses and so on.

of detections All birds 210 American goldfinch Carduelis tristis 6 American robin Turdus migratorius 1 American tree sparrow Spizella arborea 30 Bewick's wren Thryomanes bewickii 2 Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis 1 Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna 5 European starling Sturnus vulgaris 1 Field sparrow Spizella pusilla 6 Harris's sparrow Zonotrichia querula 4 Horned lark Eremophila alpestris 11 Lapland longspur Calcarius lapponicus 1 Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus 5 McCown's longspur Calcarius mccownii 1 Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 2 Rufous-crowned sparrow Aimophila ruficeps 5 Red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 9 Song sparrow Melospiza melodia 6 Spotted towhee Pipilo maculatus 1 Unknown spp.

Meri makes sense of this cooling by translating it into the bird world: "In the spring, the male towhee spends between seventy and ninety percent of his mornings singing.

Examination of the original journal revealed that what Audubon was referring to was the towe bunting or the eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus; Fig.

Many species of warbler, scarlet tanager, eastern towhee, eastern wood-pewee and the wood thrush--Washington, D.C.'s official bird with the flute-like song--are among the most tuneful members of the avian spring chorus.