Tag: Spotted Towhee

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Weird Towhees

May 25, 2022 by Paul Lewis No Comments

Towhees are large, ground-hugging sparrows that occur only in North America. They belong to either the Pipilo or Melozone genera, or perhaps both, as...

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I’m not seeing spots: Towhee issues

June 25, 2019 by Paul Lewis 2 Comments

When you bird in Latin America, you quickly realize how America-centric English-language bird names are. Consider, for example, the Summer Tanager. This is an...

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Back Yard Birds

February 1, 2017 by Tom Brown 2 Comments

One of the things that I have always considered a positive about living on a sailboat, besides the obvious, is the complete lack of...

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The Spotted Towhee – One of the Five Towhees of the West

November 5, 2014 by Larry 3 Comments

The Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is probably the most common of the five western Towhees of North America. They occupy the scrubby thickets of the northern...

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