Subject: Re: Towhee in a hole
Date: Jun 27 10:02:56 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at mirrors.ups.edu
>A co-worker reports seeing a Rufous Sided Towhee nested in a hole in a
>shallow bank in a suburban yard this past weekend. Do Towhees normally nest
>in holes?
>
>Charles Vaughan
>cev at rocket.com
>Woodinville, WA
No, but at least some nests are on the ground, and it's not a great jump
from building a nest on the ground to putting it in a depression. I'd be
surprised to find one well inside a hole (i.e., you couldn't see the nest
from outside).
Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416