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Spotted Towhee
Early in the breeding season, males
may spend 70 percent to 90 percent
of their mornings singing.
may spend 70 percent to 90 percent
of their mornings singing.
Pipilo maculatus
(L 8.5" WS 10.5" Wt 1.4 oz)
Twin Falls area
04Jun2019
© Geoffrey
A. Keller
A. Keller
Macaulay
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Pipilo in Latin means chirp or
twitter; maculata in Latin
means spotted.
twitter; maculata in Latin
means spotted.
© BirdNote,
Frances Wood
© Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
We don’t need too much birdlore, do we,
To tell a flamingo from a towhee;
Yet I cannot, and never will,
Unless the silly birds stand still.
(Ogden Nash)