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Eastern Towhee - lifer

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kh54s10
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Eastern Towhee - lifer
kh54s10 Posted: Mon, May 3 2010 8:24 PM Reply

I count lifers as only ones that I get a photo good enough for the ID.  I don't think I ever saw one of these in my 56 years!   Freetown State Forest - Massachusetts

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tmbg
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Re: Eastern Towhee - lifer
tmbg replied on Mon, May 3 2010 9:59 PM Reply

 Awesome pic!  I love towhees!  I have only seen about 3 in my lifetime.....they are so cool! 

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thornius
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Re: Eastern Towhee - lifer
thornius replied on Tue, Jun 1 2010 2:02 AM Reply

 We have HUNDREDS here in Tennessee but they like to stay hidden so it is a little hard to see them or get a picture.  I got my first pictures of one two years ago and haven't gotten anymore pictures of one since.

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Flo_TX
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Re: Eastern Towhee - lifer
Flo_TX replied on Mon, Jul 5 2010 6:01 PM Reply

 Congratulations on a great photo.  The Eastern Towhee is one of the birds that has eluded me--even when they are in the area and everyone else is seeing them! 

 
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ddolan1075
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Re: Eastern Towhee - lifer
ddolan1075 replied on Mon, Jul 5 2010 6:37 PM Reply

What a nice shot!  good job.

 
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Re: Eastern Towhee - lifer
ROY NEHER WILDLIFE replied on Tue, Jul 6 2010 12:54 PM Reply

Very nice. That is the same variety that I get here, a single, leading edge wing patch. I get lots of Towhees here in the winter but, the Spotted outnumber the Eastern six to one and the Eastern are much more reclusive. I haven't managed to get a pic of one yet.

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Re: Eastern Towhee - lifer
Little White Dove replied on Tue, Jul 6 2010 7:05 PM Reply

If you want to see this bird go to Gatlinburg Tennessee and stay at the Highlands Condominiums, it is just outside of the Great Smoky Mountains.  I see this bird every year when my husband and I go there in October.   They are always there eating a purplish berry that is in a larger group similar to grapes.  (Sorry I do not know what the plant is) Each year the Eastern Towhee there stay until they have eaten every berry off of this bush.  I always run to the balcony with my binoculars when I hear their call.

 
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