Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Pipilo maculatus
The Spotted Towhee is a large New World sparrow. Adults have rufous sides, a white belly and a long dark tail with white edges. The eyes are red. They have white spots on their back and white wing bars. Males have a dark head, upper body and tail; these parts are brown or grey in the female. The western Spotted Towhee has white spots on its primary and secondary feathers.
This spotting was seen in the Anstine-Audubon Nature Preserve http://www.sandiegoaudubon.org/anstine-n... which is in the Coastal Sage/Scrub and Chaparral biomes.
Lat: 33.24, Long: -117.24
Spotted on May 19, 2012
Submitted on Jun 2, 2012
8 Comments
It does look like something is growing or hanging on below his beak, Cindy. The red spot shouldn't be there.
:) Does it look like it has growths or parasites around its beak?
Thanks for the link Ava.
Thanks Maria dB, williefromwi, CindyBinghamKeiser, and Emma; I'm always surprised when pictures come out better than i thought they would. Also see Cindy's pictures and video of the same bird: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/107...
nice!
Great shots, Ava!
Nice spotting. Personally I would move the third photo to your lead photo, as I believe it to be the best of the bunch at showing off the bird for others to use for id purposes.
nice series!