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<\/p>\nI’m aware that some of my readers see Spotted Towhees regularly. Lots of them. In some cases, all year round. And that makes me jealous. They’re one of our more colorful and distinctive songbirds and I think they’re beautiful but I’m lucky if I photograph one once or twice a year. Some years I don’t photograph any.<\/p>\n
Which made yesterday special for me – thus today’s short post.<\/p>\n
While I was looking through my viewfinder while photographing a Great Blue Heron at a pond near my home, I kept hearing the nasal call of a bird that sounded a little familiar coming from the bushes in front of my pickup. At first I ignored it for the heron but eventually I pulled my eye away from the viewfinder and looked in the direction the call was coming from.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This Spotted Towhee, the source of the calling, was staring right back at me. ‘He’ barely moved for about 10 seconds, long enough for me to get dozens of very similar photos of him, before he dived further into the thicket and disappeared. He never did give me any pose variety.<\/p>\n It’s a busy setting but I do like the way he’s framed by some of the branches and twigs.<\/p>\n It’s been over two years since I’ve been able to get any decent photos of a Spotted Towhee so I’m posting this one, partly in celebration.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This one’s been a long time coming.<\/p>\n