A picture I don’t often get a chance to take – one of our California Towhees someplace other than on the ground.
They tend to fly quickly from the bushes to the ground and back, short distances, and then hop from place to place on the ground. This one was up in the big backyard tree so I could get a good picture of his belly, chest, and tail. I was surprised to see so much color there. All of the ones I normally see are pretty uniformly a brownish-gray color.
Turns out that it probably means that this is a juvenile, only a couple of months old. Good to know!
I know that the Spotted Towhees are about as well. They’re seasonal, but I’ve seen a pair flitting about. I’ll see if I can spot them when I have a camera again.
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