Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
When I was a wee lad and showing a budding interest in birds, we called this bird the “Rufous-Sided Towhee.” I remember how impressed I was with their piercing fiery-red ruby eyes and striking plumage worn by these birds.
In 1995, taxonomists split the Spotted Towhee and the Eastern Towhee from the Rufous-Sided Towhee into their own distinct species. This bird makes its home year-round in most ecosystems that San Diego County offers, be it coastal sage-scrub, riparian, mountain chaparral or evergreen woods. Only locations on the desert side of the coastal mountains are these birds unlikely to be found. In the western USA there are only a few places where these birds aren’t seen, either year-round or part of the year. Western Arizona and California’s Mojave Desert are outside of their expected range.
Today’s scientists divide the species into 21 subspecies. This is too many to describe in this presentation, but the graphic above from Cornell should provide some context. The map above lists P. m. socorroensis as a subspecies, but some scholars regard it as a separate species. The map shows an incorrect location for Isla Socorro. The actual location would be close to where the “m” in the word macronyx is placed.
Most listeners who hear this bird sing would not call their song a melodic masterpiece. It’s a trilled whistle or buzzy utterance and has a harsh quality, but if the listener could only witness the enthusiastic, fully committed delivery, with head tilted back and mandible open wide, it would be hard not to love the concert.
53 Photos
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Vista Grande site. Images from the SDNHM study of the Santa Rosa, San Jacinto Mountains. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2010:06:28 16:01 |
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Location:
Vista Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/100 |
File Name: JCD1250.SpottedTowhee |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: (Pipilo maculatus) A yardbird at my home in Poway. San Diego County, California USA 2002-05-26. |
Date Taken: 2002:05:26 10:40 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED, |
File Name: A2E26a11.SpottedTowhee |
| © 2002 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: (Pipilo maculatus) This bird was found at Goodan Ranch, Sycamore Canyon. Poway, California. San Diego County USA 2008-09-07. |
Date Taken: 2008:09:07 15:22 |
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Location:
Gooden Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 |
File Name: jcd9988SpottedTowhee |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Resident bird at Mission Trails Regional Park, near Santee, California in San Diego County 2009-05-01. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:01 18:40 |
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Location:
Mission Trails Regional Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/750 |
File Name: jcd7253.SpottedTowhee |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Vista Grande site. Images from the SDNHM study of the Santa Rosa, San Jacinto Mountains. Riverside County, California USA 2010-06-29. |
Date Taken: 2010:06:30 8:05 |
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Location:
Vista Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: JCD1978.SpottedTowhee.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Vista Grande site. Images from the SDNHM study of the Santa Rosa, San Jacinto Mountains. Riverside County, California USA 2010-06-29. |
Date Taken: 2010:06:28 18:35 |
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Location:
Vista Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 |
File Name: JCD1326.SpottedTowhee.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Along the 'Avenue of Giants' in Humbolt County California near the town of Redway. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:15 15:18 |
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Location:
Redway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/100 |
File Name: D3X0833-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Singing its harsh rattle song at the Vista Grande site. Images from the SDNHM study of the Santa Rosa, San Jacinto Mountains. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2010:06:28 7:54 |
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Location:
Vista Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: JCD1007.SpottedTowhee |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: (Pipilo maculatus) Perched, singing in Poway, San Diego County, California USA 2005-04-28. |
Date Taken: 2005:04:28 12:58 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 280 mm, f/9.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD0981SpottedTowhee |
| © 2005 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Perched, singing in Poway, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2005:04:28 12:58 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 280 mm, f/8.5, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD0980SpottedTowhee |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: (Pipilo maculatus) Juvenile at the Vista Grande study site. The bugs on the beak are not parasites. Images from the SDNHM study of the Santa Rosa, San Jacinto Mountains. Riverside County, California USA 2010-06-28. |
Date Taken: 2010:06:28 7:48 |
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Location:
Vista Grande |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: JCD0976.SpottedTowhee.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: (Pipilo maculatus) Perched and singing by Dixon Lake, Escondido, California USA 2005-03-11. |
Date Taken: 2005:03:11 15:36 |
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Location:
Dixon Lake |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/350 |
File Name: JCD0117SpottedTowhee |
| © 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: (Pipilo maculatus) This bird was found at Goodan Ranch, Sycamore Canyon. Poway, California. San Diego County USA 2008-09-07. |
Date Taken: 2008:09:07 16:40 |
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Location:
Goodan Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/125 |
File Name: jcd0088SpottedTowhee |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: At the Kenneth Denman Wildlife Area, Rogue Valley Game Management Area, near Eagle Point, Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:09 10:21 |
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Location:
Ken Denman Preserve |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X9397-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: The Boyce-Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona is a well known desert oasis and a great place to meet birds. |
Date Taken: 2019:10:23 10:09 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X3270-Boyce-Thompson-Arboretum |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Up-slope along Old Mine Road, to the Montezuma Mines near Ranchita, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:19 11:48 |
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Location:
Old Mine Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X0996-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Lower Rock Creek between Lake Crowley and Round Valley in the Eastern Sierras. Mono County California. |
Date Taken: 2017:07:07 9:52 |
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Location:
Lower Rock Creek |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X7780 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Camped with the San Diego Natural History team near Campo California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:10:26 9:46 |
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Location:
Clover Flat |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X5726-CloverFlats |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Up-slope along Old Mine Road, to the Montezuma Mines near Ranchita, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:19 11:44 |
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Location:
Old Mine Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X0984-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: San Dieguito Coast to Crest Trail, Mule Hill section. Escondodo, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:29 11:05 |
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Location:
Mule Hill |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5377-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Idyllwild, California in Riverside County. |
Date Taken: 2012:06:09 17:27 |
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Location:
Idyllwild |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X3047-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Milk Ranch Road, near Cuyamaca Mountain. South of Julian, California. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:15 9:16 |
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Location:
Cuyamaca |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X9625-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: I spent the day meeting birds at the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum near Superior Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:24 10:39 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X1349-Boyce-Thompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Because of the working well and wind pump at the site of the old Sam Nail Ranch homestead in Big Bend, it is a great place to meet a variety of birds. |
Date Taken: 2020:03:07 10:34 |
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Location:
Sam Nail Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X3443-SamNailRanch |
| (C)2019 Jack Daynes |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Jerry and I enjoyed our Friday visit to the riparian grove next to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico so much, we returned on Monday to the bosque, as locals call it. This Spotted Towhee entertained us as we explored our way along the hiking and biking trails that weave through the Cottonwood and Mulberry trees. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:18 9:25 |
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Location:
Tingley Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D508293-TingleyBeach-ABQ |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Jerry and I enjoyed our Friday visit to the riparian grove next to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico so much, we returned on Monday to the bosque, as locals call it. This Spotted Towhee entertained us as we explored our way along the hiking and biking trails that weave through the Cottonwood and Mulberry trees. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:18 9:35 |
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Location:
Tingley Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D508342-TingleyBeach-ABQ |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Poway California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2018:04:27 18:06 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D503170-Poway |
| © 2018 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: San Dieguito Coast to Crest Trail, Mule Hill section. Escondodo, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:29 11:04 |
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Location:
Mule Hill |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X5372-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Lake Hodges. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:05:08 10:07 |
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Location:
Lake Hodges |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X6748-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: San Luis Rey Picnic Ground, west of Lake Henshaw in northern San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:05:29 8:07 |
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Location:
San Luis Rey River |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X8362-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Seen on drive through Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah. |
Date Taken: 2015:05:06 13:16 |
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Location:
Zion National Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X9376-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: This towhee seemed to be as interested in the nearby Sandhill Cranes as we were. Corrales NM is a community a few miles north of Albuquerque, with several open fields where Sandhill Cranes have found reliable food supplied by local residents. Jerry and I spent a few hours getting acquainted with them on Wednesday. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:09 10:13 |
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Location:
Corrales |
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Camera Information: NIKON Z 7, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_Z7X1559-Corrales_NM |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Spotted Towhees are year-round residents in the Rio Grande Valley. The Rio Grande Nature Center is one of my favorite locations to visit when I’m in Albuquerque. This was my first winter visit, and it did not disappoint. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:17 11:38 |
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Location:
Rio Grande Nature Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X7930-RioGrandeNatureCenter-ABQ |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: This towhee took a drink, but seemed more interested in food than water. The morning after I arrived, the birds found a temporary watering hole at Pine Springs Camp. The event at Guadalupe National Park was a memorable one for me. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:28 10:04 |
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Location:
Pine Springs |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X5044-GuadalupeMountain-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Jerry and I enjoyed our Friday visit to the riparian grove next to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico so much, we returned on Monday to the bosque, as locals call it. This Spotted Towhee entertained us as we explored our way along the hiking and biking trails that weave through the Cottonwood and Mulberry trees. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:18 9:27 |
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Location:
Tingley Beach |
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Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D508304-TingleyBeach-ABQ |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: I heard the mewing calls of Spotted Towhees long before I saw them on this snow covered morning at the Sam Nail Ranch. I drove from Terlingua Texas to Santa Elena Canyon via the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, and stopped to enjoy several places on the way. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:02 10:15 |
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Location:
Sam Nail Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X6627-SamNailRanch |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. As I hiked to the Fox Island Fishing Pier, I couldn’t resist spending a minute with a calling Spotted Towhee. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:15 16:00 |
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Location:
Fishing Pier Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_8502647-FoxIsland |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. As I hiked to the Fox Island Fishing Pier, I couldn’t resist spending a minute with a calling Spotted Towhee. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:15 16:00 |
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Location:
Fishing Pier Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_8502635-FoxIsland |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:13 13:13 |
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Location:
Beachcrest |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_8502480-AndersonIsland |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:13 13:12 |
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Location:
Beachcrest |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_8502468-AndersonIsland |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: I received an email from an Oregon birder, suggesting I stop north of Pacific City at Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island, and what a great suggestion it turned out to be! I hiked the trail up-slope from the parking lot and among the birds I met were Spotted Towhees. |
Date Taken: 2022:04:05 9:41 |
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Location:
Clay Myers State Natural Area |
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Camera Information: NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_8501303-ClayMyers-NaturalArea |
| © 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: I heard the mewing calls of Spotted Towhees long before I saw them on this snow covered morning at the Sam Nail Ranch. I drove from Terlingua Texas to Santa Elena Canyon via the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, and stopped to enjoy several places on the way. |
Date Taken: 2021:01:02 10:00 |
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Location:
Sam Nail Ranch |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X6591-SamNailRanch |
| © 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: This towhee took a drink, but seemed more interested in food than water. The morning after I arrived, the birds found a temporary watering hole at Pine Springs Camp. The event at Guadalupe National Park was a memorable one for me. |
Date Taken: 2020:12:28 10:02 |
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Location:
Pine Springs |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X4995-GuadalupeMountain-TX |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: San Diego Natural History Museum's BioBlitz-2010. Torrey Pines State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2010:05:21 18:07 |
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Location:
Torrey Pines Extension |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 400 mm, f/7.1, 1/125 |
File Name: JCD7724.SpottedTowhee |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Up-slope along Old Mine Road, to the Montezuma Mines near Ranchita, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:17 13:11 |
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Location:
Old Mine Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X0635-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque New Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:20 12:24 |
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Location:
Rio Grande Nature Center |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X7103-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Incinerator Ridge on Mount Lemon. Near Tucson, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:27 15:07 |
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Location:
Incinerator Ridge |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: SpottedTowhee_D5X8743 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: A very close relative of the Spotted Towhee, this bird is smaller. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 8:22 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Socorro-SpottedTowhee_D5X8146 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Towhee(Pipilo socorroensis) |
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Description: A very close relative of the Spotted Towhee, this bird is smaller. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 7:39 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 330 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: Socorro-SpottedTowhee_D5X8069 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: A very close relative of the Spotted Towhee, this bird is smaller. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 7:38 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 490 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: Socorro-SpottedTowhee_D5X8059 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus) |
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Description: Up-slope along Old Mine Road, to the Montezuma Mines near Ranchita, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:19 11:40 |
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Location:
Old Mine Road |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X0938-SpottedTowhee |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Towhee(Pipilo socorroensis) |
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Description: A very close relative of the Spotted Towhee, this bird is smaller. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 8:23 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: Socorro-SpottedTowhee_D5X8162 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Socorro Towhee(Pipilo socorroensis) |
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Description: A very close relative of the Spotted Towhee, this bird is smaller. Our second day on Isla Socorro was on the southern slopes of the volcano that built the island. The largest of the islands in the Archipielago de Revillagigedo, and part of the state of Colima, Mexico. |
Date Taken: 2017:02:16 10:08 |
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Location:
Mount (Cerro) Evermann |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 550 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: Socorro-SpottedTowhee_D5X8250 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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