Tag: green-tailed towhee
Gray Catbird And A Green-tailed Towhee
A trip into the Wasatch Mountains yesterday morning provided me some photos of species I don’t often get.
Green-tailed Towhee As An Example Of Why I Prefer Fast Shutter Speeds
Overall I gain more than I lose when I use relatively fast shutter speeds for birds.
Green-tailed Towhee – Another One Came In Close!
Green-tailed Towhee – My “Spark” Bird
I haven’t been this excited about photographing a bird in a very long time (more about why that’s true at the end of this post if you have the stamina to get through it…).
Male Green-tailed Towhee Singing His Little Heart Out
Green-tailed Towhees Singing On Territory
We don’t see many quality photos of Green-tailed Towhees, for which there’s a very good reason.
Green-tailed Towhee
As I mentioned on this blog a couple of months ago I’ve been after quality images of the Green-tailed Towhee for years but they’ve always eluded me. This species has a special place in my heart and memory because it was my field project study species back in 1969 when I took a college ornithology class at the University of Utah from the legendary Dr. William H. Behle. That class provided the inspiration for my almost life-long love of birds. I’ve been trying to get some nice images of them for years now but their secretive nature and my bad luck always got in the way.
Green-tailed Towhee (finally!)
As a result of its secretive nature the Green-tailed Towhee is one of the least well-known of all North American birds.