Towhee and Orange Berries
by Janette Boyd
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Towhee and Orange Berries
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Janette Boyd
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Photograph - Photo/texture/digital
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Photo of Towhee in winter with orange berries and snow.
The Spotted Towhee is a large, striking sparrow of sun-baked thickets of the West. When you catch sight of one, they’re gleaming black above (females are grayish brown), spotted and striped with brilliant white. Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in. The birds can be hard to see in the leaf litter, so your best chance for an unobstructed look at this handsome bird may be in the spring, when males climb into the shrub tops to sing their buzzy songs.
A towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus Pipilo or Melozone within the family Passerellidae. Towhees typically have longer tails than other Passerellidae. Most species tend to avoid humans, so they are not well known, though the eastern towhee P. erythrophthalmus is bolder. Wikipedia
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May 24th, 2020
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