Connor Langan
Male Eastern Towhee
After a good day of biking and birding at George Wyth State Park, I was just about to arrive back at my house when I heard this towhee making noise from a nearby shrub. I was able to coax him out into the open by 'spishing' him. He propped up in a small tree and made this proud pose for me while I took his picture. A bit of an early migrant back to Iowa, as it was flagged as rare on eBirds. It seems like everything is migrating back early this year due to the weather being so mild.
This Eastern Towhee was 1 of 6 Iowa year birds that I got on Sunday and 1 of 13 Iowa year birds that I got over the weekend which put me over 100 birds for the year in Iowa.
Male Eastern Towhee
After a good day of biking and birding at George Wyth State Park, I was just about to arrive back at my house when I heard this towhee making noise from a nearby shrub. I was able to coax him out into the open by 'spishing' him. He propped up in a small tree and made this proud pose for me while I took his picture. A bit of an early migrant back to Iowa, as it was flagged as rare on eBirds. It seems like everything is migrating back early this year due to the weather being so mild.
This Eastern Towhee was 1 of 6 Iowa year birds that I got on Sunday and 1 of 13 Iowa year birds that I got over the weekend which put me over 100 birds for the year in Iowa.