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Arkansas Granny

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7. I had to use a bird id website to find out who he was. I don't recall seeing them before.
Sun Mar 7, 2021, 06:08 PM
Mar 2021

We're apparently on the western edge of their range.

Nice! I haven't caught any, but elleng Mar 2021 #1
We used to have those up in Massachusetts... regnaD kciN Mar 2021 #2
Thanks AG.. Permanut Mar 2021 #3
Full disclosure: I didn't take the photo. Found it online. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #5
Credit acknowledged.. Permanut Mar 2021 #9
That looks like a Towhee. wendyb-NC Mar 2021 #4
I had to use a bird id website to find out who he was. I don't recall seeing them before. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #7
Had them in the DC area when I was a kid soothsayer Mar 2021 #6
Lovely..I do notice that the AZ birds are not as colorful, other than asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #8
Last summer there was a Mourning Dove that brought 2 fledgling to the Forsythia bush in the corner Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #13
But the variety of hummingbirds in AZ drmeow Mar 2021 #15
OH, how could I forget our lovely Hummingbirds..I have two feeders.. asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #16
I miss the hummingbirds the most drmeow Mar 2021 #17
We are the last stop before heading towards the Salt River in the Salt River asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #18
I never got up that way drmeow Mar 2021 #19
I don't have any towhees, but always got goldfinches around the thistle feeder Walleye Mar 2021 #10
Looks like the Rufus-Sided Towhees we get here in Oregon. nt Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #11
Beautiful! MLAA Mar 2021 #12
I have never seen one of these... Blue Dawn Mar 2021 #14
That photo is actually a spotted towhee. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #20
Oh, thank you! Blue Dawn Mar 2021 #21
Easy mistake. They are pretty similar. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #22
Umm... If AR Granny really is in AR, it's more likely the Eastern towhee. However ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #23
I was about to clarify, but see you caught the mistake. MoonchildCA Mar 2021 #24
I really am in Arkansas, which is on the western edge of the Eastern Towhee according to Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #26
I saw one of those for a few days about a week ago. He arrived with the red-wing blackbird Donkees Mar 2021 #25
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