Michael PerryHandsome Spotted Towhee with a morph as dark and delicious-looking as an Oreo cookie surveys a valley.<br>
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Michael PerrySpotted Towhee fills the forest with song. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birds?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birders?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birders</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birdwatchers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birdwatchers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birding?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birding</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/California?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birdwatching?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birdwatching</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GriffithPark?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GriffithPark</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DailyBird?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyBird</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BirdsOfPixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirdsOfPixelfed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BirdsOfMastodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SpottedTowhee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpottedTowhee</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/towhee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#towhee</a><br>
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MaggiePaintsnPrints<p>Just painted this 5x7 watercolor painting of a Spotted Towhee. Love these weird little birds with their red eyes. </p><p><a href="https://maggiepaintsnprints.etsy.com/listing/1891740212/wary-towhee-original-watercolor-5x7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">maggiepaintsnprints.etsy.com/l</span><span class="invisible">isting/1891740212/wary-towhee-original-watercolor-5x7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/towhee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>towhee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TraditionalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/artforsale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artforsale</span></a></p>
ratfactor<p>Eastern towhee. Reference photo by Michael Stubblefield. You can almost hear the "towww HEE!"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/towhee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>towhee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sketchbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketchbook</span></a></p>
Michael PerrySpotted Towhee always looks annoyed.<br>
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Michael PerrySpotted Towhee on alert. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birds?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birders?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birders</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birdwatchers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birdwatchers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birding?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birding</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birdwatching?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birdwatching</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GriffithPark?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GriffithPark</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DailyBird?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyBird</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BirdsOfPixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirdsOfPixelfed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BirdsOfMastodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LARiver?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LARiver</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturephotos?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotos</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LAWildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LAWildlife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/losangeles?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#losangeles</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/towhee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#towhee</a>
WonsingtonFEATHRUARY 2025<br>
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Prompt 12: Busy<br>
-> Spotted Towhee<br>
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Meet the spotted towhee, a really cool birb! It is a New World Sparrow whose taxonomy has been debated quite recently. It was only in 1995 that the spotted towhee and the eastern towhee were considered two separate species. <br>
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They are about the size of robins and has characteristic white spots on its rufous sides - which the eastern towhee does not have by the way.<br>
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These birbs lay at least (!) two broods, consisting of three to five eggs, per season. Once their fledglings have hatched, males will forage noisly and busily to feed them, while females stay in the nest to protect the family. After just 10 to 12 days, the young birbs leave the nest to go on their merry way.<br>
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FUN FACT<br>
These birbs live in regions often affected by forest fires (not fun) and thrive in areas recovering from forest fires due to their excellent ground foraging abilities. They are also found on Socorro Island, a volcanic island near Mexico; the specimen living there tend to be much smaller than other spotted towhees, hence they are sometimes treated as their own species, the Socorro Towhee.<br>
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Michael PerrySpotted Towhee snacks on seeds.<br>
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Stephen Coles<p>I’ve often seen hummingbirds get their bath as they hover in the spray of a lawn sprinkler. Today at the tub, a hummer benefitted from a towhee’s splashes.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Hummingbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hummingbird</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Towhee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Towhee</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/BirdBath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdBath</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/BirdCam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdCam</span></a></p>
Chris Price<p>The towhees stopped to forage on the roof. This bird kept watch from higher up while the other explored the roof. Also — a quick shake!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/towhee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>towhee</span></a></p>
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