More random bird notes

April

Some bird observations and thoughts, including a video.

First of all, I missed the memo on the name change but the once Rufous-sided Towhee is now known as the Eastern Towhee. Seems it was decided that the towhee in the East differed enough from the towhee in the West to separate the two. The one in the West is now the Spotted Towhee. All of this came to my attention because I spotted one recently under our lilac bushes and grabbed the newest bird book in the house (Yes, we have more than one – An Audubon guide, a National Geographic guide and The Sibley Guide to Birds. The Sibley guide was published in 2000, Name change apparently happened in 1995. Hence its up-to-dateness.)

With the same book, I also figured out that the sparrow who has been singing almost continuously in an old apple tree in the front yard is a chipping sparrow. Not a big deal, I know. But I usually don’t care enough about sparrows to separate the songs from the trees from the white-throated sparrows, etc. You get the idea. To me a little brown bird is a little brown bird.

And, last but not least, here’s a video of a Carolina wren in my yard and a previous post on such a bird.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pm by Mike Risinit.
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One Response to “More random bird notes”

Frank LEONE May 2nd, 2008 at 6:29 am
Concerning the poor air quality in Westchester one must look at the chemtrails that are spread across our skies on every sunny day by unmarked jets.The composition of chemtrails all cause adverse health problems. Google chemtrails and form your own opinion.

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