I believe I have 2 juvenile Pine Siskins at my feeder in Redmond, WA. I
don't recall seeing them before. And our solitary juv Spotted Towhee has
been around for a week.
-Marcy D'Addio
Redmond, WA

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:09 AM pan <panmail at mailfence.com> wrote:


> Tweets,

>

> My urban Seattle yard has only had one towhee I know of, for a few moments

> in passing. So just now, I was surprised to hear a high buzzing I didn't

> know, then see the source: a juvenile Spotted Towhee, all brown and

> mottley, barely recognizable save for the long tail with white spots when

> it flew a bit. They do not breed in this neighborhood, though probably in

> Volunteer Park for or five blocks away. Perhaps now is a good time for a

> youngster of a resident species barely grown to leave its family to find

> its own spot (?). On reflection, I do see a lot of young robins moving

> about in late spring/early summer, not all from known local pairs, but they

> have more complicated seasonal movements. Birds of the World on line does

> say immature towhees stay on and near parents' territories for awhile

> (sounds like a matter of weeks), then disappear, but nothing much more.

>

> 23 July, 2020,

>

> Alan Grenon

> Seattle

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