A male/female pair of Eastern Towhees put in an appearance at Lazelle Woods this afternoon. Al La Sala Columbus, OH -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:09 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Columbus urban yard birds We've had a couple of male towhees in our yard for the past two days. I heard quite a few singing last Sunday while walking at Blendon Woods. Steve On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Jim Glover <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sharon's bird needs to IM our first ever yard bird male Eastern > Towhee that spent the day in our backyard. I first saw what I > thought was a very dark Robin in our small lilac bushes. Closer > inspection provided a correct identification. It boldly "chicken- > scratched" under our hanging feeder outside the window, and didn't > spook like the goldfinches on the sock feeder when we stood at the > window 2 feet away to watch. I hope it does stick around! > > Jim Glover > Northwest Columbus > www.jimgloverart.com > > > > > On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:26 PM, Sharon Hamersley wrote: > > Besides all of the usual suspects at our feeders, we have had a brown >> thrasher and a female Eastern Towhee rooting around in our yard for >> the >> past 2 days. Don't know if they intend to stick around or are just >> passing through...have not seen/heard a male Eastern Towhee so >> perhaps the >> female is looking for a mate. >> >> Good birding, Sharon >> >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]