[obol] Cal Towhee Call note
- From: Roy Gerig <roygerig@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 15:05:19 -0800
I have whined too much on OBOL during the past 3 years about my back. During
that time I could not take care of my backyard, but now I am finally well
enough to clear the brush and start to get a nice garden again. Today I was
snipping, chopping, and sawing into the tangled SW corner, it is almost like
tangled chaparrel. I stopped when I heard an exact replica of California
Towhee call notes. It was nearby, but I could not see it. It was very loud.
I heard the call note maybe a dozen times over a couple of minutes. I lived in
South Pasadena and in the Valley in SoCal for 8 years, and I know the call very
well. It seems to me that the chance of this being an actual California Towhee
are vanishingly small, but the sound was perfect for it. No starlings were
around, only a couple of House Sparrows, a dozen Juncos, 2 BC Chickadees, an
Anna's Hummer, and it was definitely a bird call. So what was it? I left and
I scattered a lot of seed around the area which I can see it from my house. I
am watching for it. Spotted Towhees frequent the area.
I cannot think of any, but is another bird the culprit?
Roy Gerig, Salem OR
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