No, I am certain no California Towhees have been recorded in Washington.
Perhaps you saw a juvenile Spotted Towhee. They are quite different from
the adults and are overall a brown color with some streaking. If you can
document the details of your towhee the WA bird records committee will be
very interested in it.

Tom Schooley, Olympia WA , dunlin at mail.tss.net
"The earth that directed itself instinctively in its former phases
seems now to be entering a phase of conscious decision
through its human expression." -Thomas Berry

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> From: Michael Szerlog <szerlog at tscnet.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: California Towhee
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 9:01 PM
>
> Hi,
> This is my first e-mail to Tweeters. Last month I had a California
> Towhee feeding beneath my feeder in my front yard. Has anyone else seen
> California Towhees in western Washington. Thanks.
>
> Michael Szerlog
> Kitsap Audubon Member
> Chemist
> Poulsbo, Washington