{"id":59190,"date":"2019-07-25T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59190"},"modified":"2025-10-26T07:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:25:38","slug":"immature-green-tailed-towhee-next-to-a-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/07\/25\/immature-green-tailed-towhee-next-to-a-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Green-tailed Towhee Next To A Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImmatureImmature Green-tailed Towhee – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The morning I photographed the Spotted Sandpiper chicks<\/span><\/a> near a creek up in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> I also photographed other young birds and I wanted to share an image of one today.<\/p>\n

This immature Green-tailed Towhee was in some bushes when it dashed out into the open briefly as it ran across the bank of a creek and stopped to look around.<\/p>\n

I was able to take a few images of it while it was stationary and had turned its head in my direction. Although it doesn’t have the rufous crown of an adult Green-tailed Towhee the green on the tail of this youngster sure stands out.<\/p>\n

It was still early in the morning when I took this photo and the young bird’s shadow is evidence of that.<\/p>\n

This was the first immature Green-tailed Towhee I have seen this breeding season and I am hoping that it won’t be the last one I photograph this year.<\/p>\n

As beautiful as I think the adult towhees are I find these young birds especially appealing because of their more subtle coloration.<\/p>\n

Outside of the breeding season adult Green-tailed Towhees<\/span><\/a> can be challenging to find and photograph because they can hide so easily in their preferred habitat.<\/p>\n

During the breeding season the males will sing on their territory which can make it easier to locate them and I am grateful that they sing on top of shrubs and bushes so I can photograph them.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Green-tailed Towhee photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was the first immature Green-tailed Towhee I have seen this breeding season and I am hoping that it won’t be the last one I photograph this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,2212,1731,26,773],"tags":[7476,3940,4068,3843,7600,3905,5943,4067,4071,4069,2303,855,4195,5908,4854,3996,4193],"class_list":["post-59190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-green-tailed-towhees","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-bank","tag-canyon","tag-chicks","tag-creek","tag-creek-bank","tag-green-tailed-towhee","tag-ground","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-mountains","tag-pipilo-chlorurus","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-towhee","tag-towhees","tag-water","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t