October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
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Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
February 3, 2011
Towhee Still Here: W/Pic
Finally got a quick photo of the Eastern Towhee who has been feeding on the ground in my backyard. I thought it was a he, but it's hard to tell because of the poor lighting. I am thinking female now. What say you?
More on Eastern Towhees here.
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Tom, You are never wrong!
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I see brownish; I see blackish: for better lighting we could only wish-ish. But I think the brownish wins by a hair (whoops–feather) I’ll go for female-ish and be wrongish, as usual.
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Females are brown on top.
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Nice Jim. And yes–it appears to be a female…
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Deedeeburnside
Tom, You are never wrong!
Tom Burr
I see brownish; I see blackish: for better lighting we could only wish-ish. But I think the brownish wins by a hair (whoops–feather) I’ll go for female-ish and be wrongish, as usual.
Deedeeburnside
Females are brown on top.
Rob
Nice Jim. And yes–it appears to be a female…