[mou] S. Washington Cty: Spotted Towhee
Dennis/Barbara Martin
dbmartin@skypoint.com
Sun, 10 Aug 2003 15:15:40 -0500
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Great find by Jim. One of the very few summer records. We refound this =
bird today by following the old road down to the bottom of the hill. =
The Spotted was singing from the clump of trees right where the road =
comes out close above the tracks. Note that this bird besides singing =
the normal Eastern Towhee "Drink your tee" song also sang at least 4 =
other songs that were much buzzier and for us somewhat hard to describe.
We were able to see that the bird did not have the large white patch at =
the base of the primaries that traditional easterns always have and that =
hybrids seem to have almost all the time.
In the area were at least three other towhees that we were unable to =
observe so don't know what species they were. Although we only heard =
the traditional eastern songs from them so one could presumably assume =
that they were easterns.
Dennis and Barbara Martin
dbmartin@skypoint.com
From: Jim Ryan=20
To: MOU List ; MNBird List=20
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:19 PM
Subject: [mou] S. Washington Cty: Spotted Towhee
Speaking of Washington County Bird spots, I was enjoying Grey Cloud =
Dunes SNA on Sunday afternoon (sorry for the late report). Entered off =
of 110th. The bird was down by the railroad tracks, several hundred =
yards from the parking area.
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The highlight of the visit was a
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@ Spotted Towhee=20
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(lifer for me), repeatedly admonishing me to "drink your tea", =
interspersed with a buzzy tanager-like "jheer".
At first I thought it was an eastern, but it gave me a good look at =
its back, which showed white tertials, scapulars and coverts, just like =
the plains variant shown on pg 474 of Sibley 1st ed. =20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Great find by Jim. One of the very few summer=20
records. We refound this bird today by following the old road down =
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bottom of the hill. The Spotted was singing from the clump of =
trees right=20
where the road comes out close above the tracks. Note that this =
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besides singing the normal Eastern Towhee "Drink your tee" song also =
sang at=20
least 4 other songs that were much buzzier and for us somewhat hard to=20
describe.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>We were able to see that the bird did not have the =
large white=20
patch at the base of the primaries that traditional easterns always have =
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that hybrids seem to have almost all the time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>In the area were at least three other towhees that =
we were=20
unable to observe so don't know what species they were. Although =
we only=20
heard the traditional eastern songs from them so one could presumably =
assume=20
that they were easterns.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dennis and Barbara Martin<BR><A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [mou] S. Washington =
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Towhee</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Speaking of Washington County Bird spots, I was =
enjoying=20
Grey Cloud Dunes SNA on Sunday afternoon (sorry for the late report). =
Entered=20
off of 110th. The bird was down by the railroad tracks, several =
hundred yards=20
from the parking area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The highlight of the visit was a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>@ Spotted Towhee </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>(lifer for me), repeatedly admonishing me to =
"drink your=20
tea", interspersed with a buzzy tanager-like "jheer".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> At first I thought it was an eastern, =
but it gave=20
me a good look at its back, which showed white tertials, scapulars and =
coverts, just like the plains variant shown on pg 474 of Sibley =
1st=20
ed. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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