{"id":85937,"date":"2020-06-04T05:23:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=85937"},"modified":"2020-06-04T05:48:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:48:46","slug":"male-green-tailed-towhee-posing-and-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/male-green-tailed-towhee-posing-and-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Green-tailed Towhee Posing And Singing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bird notorious for its secretive nature becomes conspicuous while singing on territory during the breeding season.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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 male Green-tailed Towhee six days ago in the Wasatch Mountains. It was his song that gave his location on top of a lichen-encrusted fence post away.<\/p>\n

I think the crown of lumpy and colorful lichens on the post transform it from a ho-hum perch to one worthy of the species that was my original ‘spark bird<\/a><\/span><\/span>‘.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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

Here he partially erected his distinctive reddish-brown cap as he turned his head.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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

But singing on territory was about all this guy had on his mind. The diverse song of the Green-tailed Towhee<\/a><\/span><\/span> consists of short phrases of jumbled notes and trills.and this time of year it often gives the locations of singing males away.<\/p>\n

I know this bird is a male because only males of the species sing.<\/p>\n

As per usual for me my camera settings were meant for takeoff or flight shots but when he eventually launched it was partially away from me so those shots didn’t turn out.<\/p>\n

Par for the course but sometimes I do get the birdie…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A bird notorious for its secretive nature becomes conspicuous while singing on territory during the breeding season.<\/p>\n

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