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Article: GIVE WELCOME TO THE SPRING MIGRATION OF EASTERN TOWHEE.(Stars)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- April 3, 2005
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Byline: Benjamin P. Burtt Contributing writer
Dear Ben: I have had a robinlike bird at my feeder this winter that has the red breast, but the back, wings and tail are more black than gray. Its bill is not yellow, but dark and thicker and shorter than a robin's bill. It eats seeds. What is it? - W.C., Liverpool.
Dear W.C.: It is almost certainly an eastern towhee, which normally spends the winter in the south. Each year, however, a few remain north for the winter and survive.
The spring migration is under way, and the towhee is one of the 17 new species that should be arriving from the south during the next two weeks. The migration started ...