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CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 8, 2008
9:44 PM Post #4926478
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I just could not get good photos tonight, but I saw two new birds, I think.
First is this one, which is grey, and very elusive. It was rummaging around in a pile of brush. I caught one pic in flight and one of its back from a distance. It was really jumpy.
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CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 8, 2008
9:44 PM Post #4926486
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Here it was stopped, briefly, with its back to me.
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CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 8, 2008
9:46 PM Post #4926506
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And here is the other bird I could not get a picture of. It was rummaging around in the underbrush a lot, and it was also elusive. It seemed to have a rather long tail. It had a very distinctive call, kind of a melodious squawk.
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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
May 8, 2008
11:25 PM Post #4927087
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I would guess the first one to be a Gray Catbird. The second one looks like a Towhee. Not sure what kind of Towhee you might have there.
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Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
May 9, 2008
4:16 AM Post #4927521
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Ditto to Nanny - Gray Catbird, and Eastern Towhee.
Resin
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nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
May 9, 2008
7:42 AM Post #4927783
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Well see, I have learned something!!! |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
May 9, 2008
8:07 AM Post #4927870
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Way to go nanny! |
CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 9, 2008
8:41 AM Post #4927952
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Wow! You are all unbelievable! Despite blurry pictures and poor angles, you can still figure these out for me! Thank you so much! Both of these are new birds to me. Now I can look them up and see what they really look like, I will hopefully recognize them again when I go walking in the woods. I wonder if the towhee is nesting? She sure was poking around and fluffing about in the underbrush.
Trying to photograph her was difficult, and I ended up crawling with about a dozen deer ticks that I had to quickly brush off afterwards. All worth it though!
Claire |
CMoxon
Urbandale, IA
(Zone 5a)
May 9, 2008
8:48 AM Post #4927974
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Now having looked them up, I think my Towhee is a male. He was definitely doing this thing that my book calls "bilateral scratching" (hopping backward with both feet raking up leaves). It says he feeds the young - maybe that's what he was doing! |
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