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Eastern Towhe

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Photo by RiekoS
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Field Notes

Description:

The Eastern Towhee is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the Spotted Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee. – from Wikipedia

Notes:

My first time seeing this bird and I hope ID is correct.

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PublishedNovember 4, 2013

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