{"id":8317,"date":"2013-05-08T03:40:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:54:58","slug":"singing-green-tailed-towhee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/05\/08\/singing-green-tailed-towhee\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Green-tailed Towhee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-161720 size-full\" title=\"Singing Green-tailed Towhee, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-singing-mia-mcpherson-3583.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-singing-mia-mcpherson-3583.jpg\" alt=\"Singing Green-tailed Towhee, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-singing-mia-mcpherson-3583-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-singing-mia-mcpherson-3583-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-singing-mia-mcpherson-3583-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/green-tailed-towhee-singing-mia-mcpherson-3583.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Singing Green-tailed Towhee<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I was able to photograph this Green-tailed Towhee as it sang on top of a juniper in a canyon of the Stansbury Mountains in Tooele County, Utah. So far this is the best image I have been able to create of this species.<\/p>\n<p>This was a large crop though and wouldn&#8217;t be suitable for printing so\u00a0my hope is that I&#8217;ll be able to approach this species more closely to get some frame filling images of Green-tailed Towhees.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/green-tailed-towhee-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Green-tailed Towhee photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was able to photograph this Green-tailed Towhee as it sang on top of a Juniper in a canyon of the Stansbury Mountains in Tooele County, Utah. 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