California Towhee ?
by Daniel Hebard
Title
California Towhee ?
Artist
Daniel Hebard
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
California Towhee,Bird,Order-Passeriformes,Family-Emberizidae,Species-Papilo crissalis,Lenth-9inches,Wingspan-11.5 inches,Point Loma,San Diego,CA.
I played around with this friendly gregarious sparrow one afternoon in January while he hopped around feeding and displaying himself for my amusement. Having left my field guide in my motor home on the Colorado River near Parker Arizona I picked up a version the American Museum of Natural History�s Birds of North America to help me in identification, which I had been looking forward to acquiring for some time. Unlike the definition plate in the book this bird had a ruffled and tufted head making it look a lot like a Canyon Towhee especially with the jagged dark streaks on the neck but it lacked a black spot on the breast and the color of the eye were those of a California Towhee , so unless someone can provide a more authoritative text that is what I am calling him
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April 3rd, 2016
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Comments (21)
Lois Bryan
What a little cutie, Daniel ... great capture!!! Your little friend seems to have the red eye that ours have!! Lovely capture!! l/f
Don Columbus
Congratulations Daniel, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"!
Daniel Hebard replied:
Thank you for the feature to 'A Birding Group - WIngs.' I tuly appreciate this honor,