[wisb] Muscoda (Iowa County) Spotted Towhee this morning

From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx>
To: "[Wisb]" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:20:29 -0500
Hey everyone, 
I had time to make the short run down to Dick Ouren's house this morning, so I 
decided to give chase. I arrived around 10:45 and had only a short time to wait 
before the bird flew in. 
It first landed in the mock Orange bush right near the porch, but then flew 
down by a downed log farther away. It also spent some time up closer to the 
house by a broken tree with another log laying at its foot.  
Here are the best photos I managed to get of it: 
This is from when it first flew in: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/6241639625/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/6241636483/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/6242151296/in/photostream
These are from when it landed on the log: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/6242154720/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/6242153672/in/photostream

I should note that the color shade of the hood looked different depending on 
the lighting. It will also look different depending on the camera exposure.  I 
did no editing to any of the photos beyond basic corrections.  We were able to 
directly compare the bird with both male and female Eastern Towhees in the same 
lighting and our best guess is that this is a young male. 
It was a very nice bird, gave excellent views and came in about every 15-20 
mins or so starting around 11am and was still present when I left around 2pm.   
 
Many thanks to Dick for finding this bird, notifying the birding community and 
allowing visitors!
Good luck to anyone else who chooses to give chase! 

--Chris
P.S. It was also nice to see Daryl Tessen this morning as well. :) 




Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi 
Explorer Cruises
http://mississippiexplorer.com/chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ 
http://www.nabirding.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto

"The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first 
material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the 
composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no 
more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be 
again."

(From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906)                  
                  
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[wisb] Muscoda (Iowa County) Spotted Towhee this morning

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