{"id":52018,"date":"2017-09-27T04:53:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=52018"},"modified":"2017-09-27T04:53:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:53:11","slug":"male-spotted-towhee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/27\/male-spotted-towhee\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Spotted Towhee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because of their striking colors and\u00a0skulking habits this\u00a0is one of about a half-dozen of my\u00a0most sought-after species.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this handsome male two days ago on Antelope Island. I only had a few seconds with him, he wasn’t particularly close and the setting is busy but I’ve only photographed this species a handful of times in the last 10 years so I was happy to get the shots I did. There was a bit of a breeze that ruffled his feathers and he gave me a perky pose.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I love the combination of their black, white and rufous plumage with those spotted wings and red eyes. Bird photographers\u00a0appreciate colorful eyes in birds with black heads in particular because it makes\u00a0the eyes stand out better against those photon-sucking blacks, even when we don’t get a catch light.<\/p>\n

Many of my readers\u00a0on the other side of the country will be more familiar with the Eastern Towhee that\u00a0has\u00a0similar coloration\u00a0but\u00a0lacks the spotted wings. The two species actually interbreed along several east-west river valleys where their ranges converge.<\/p>\n

I’ve never even seen an\u00a0Eastern\u00a0Towhee, much less photographed one.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Because of their striking colors and skulking habits this is one of about a half-dozen of my most sought-after species.<\/p>\n

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