{"id":61247,"date":"2019-11-06T05:43:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=61247"},"modified":"2024-04-05T05:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T11:10:40","slug":"autumn-male-spotted-towhee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/11\/06\/autumn-male-spotted-towhee\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Male Spotted Towhee"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Spotted Towhee peeking out of a Fragrant Sumac – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/400, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn’t have the best of mornings in the field yesterday and due to a situation that was completely beyond my control. I lost 45 minutes of the best of the light of the morning and probably the most bird activity I would have seen which was disappointing, frustrating and shouldn’t have happened. What should have been a relaxing morning photographing birds definitely wasn’t.<\/p>\n

Why? Because the vehicle I was in had a vanity plate. Plain and simple.<\/p>\n

Had it not been for that vanity plate two people would not have gotten into a stupid shouting match about a subject that had absolutely nothing to do with me! This just added to my hesitation about ever getting a vanity plate. I will not get one.<\/p>\n

I did get to see a flock of about 100 Wild Turkeys, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, American Goldfinches, two Bald Eagles, two Golden Eagles, several American Kestrels, a male Spotted Towhee, one Prairie Falcon, Pine Siskins, a scolding Marsh Wren along with my first of the season sightings of Tundra Swans and American Tree Sparrows. I saw other birds along the way too.<\/p>\n

I photographed some sparrows, goldfinches, siskins, juncos and this lovely male Spotted Towhee who was eating the fruit of a Fragrant Sumac tree.\u00a0 When the towhee peeked at me from the sumac I was ready to take its photo in the dappled light. This photo might not appeal to everyone’s tastes but I decided that I quite like it.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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