Thank you Alan for posting for me this morning. I don't own an iPhone &
didn't have a way to email at the time.
I arrived at Malheur HQ at 7:30 this morning. I saw about 6 or so Spotted
Towhees scratching around on the ground on the west side of the HQ building
near the orchard, and many more towhees were vocalizing from the sage on the
south side. It was clear that there had been a major towhee movement over
night, since I didn't see nearly that many over the past two days.
I saw an adult towhee about 8 or so feet up in the hawthorne tree near the
restrooms. It caught my eye for two reasons: it sat facing me completely
motionless (as compared to the other very active towhees), and I noticed
that the white in the outer undertail feathers was extensive--coming all the
way up to nearly the undertail coverts. From my angle, I could see at least
half of the wing, but not the back. There was no white in the shoulder or
the rest of the wing that I was able see. I left to check a book in the
nature store to see if there are any Spotted Towhees that look like that,
and I couldn't find any information that there are. I went back to the
hawthorne, but the bird was no longer there.
I left a little while later, but Rick Vetter, Joan Suther and Don Sutherland
looked for several hours and did not locate the bird I saw. I'll look for
it again tomorrow morning.
Sheran Wright
Bend, OR
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Contreras
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 8:37 AM
To: OBOL
Subject: [obol] RBA Eastern Towhee MHQ
Sheran Wright reports an Eastern Towhee at Malheur HQ on east side of hq
building. Big movement of towhees last night.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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www.alanlcontreras.com
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