Early Bird Tiffting and an Eastern Towhee
Published: April 10, 2015
Tags: General Observations, Eastern Towhee, Brown Creeper, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, Pied-billed Grebe, American Kestrel, Eastern Phoebe, Song Sparrow, Eastern Cottontail, Chipping Sparrow
I did a quick tour of Tifft Nature Preserve the other afternoon looking for early migrants. I didn't find anything too unusual, but I did enjoy seeing three Eastern Phoebes and four Brown Creepers. Song Sparrows were everywhere and they filled the nature preserve with their beautiful songs.
Back at home, I found our first Chipping Sparrow of the year at the feeders. And then, the very next morning, an Eastern Towhee showed up - a first-of-the-year for that guy too! I heard him well before I could find him. Sometimes he yelled out his single note call and then other times, I heard his "drink your teeeeeaaa" call. When I could focus on work no more, I went in pursuit of the little guy. I found him singing as he perched on top of an evergreen tree. That was a real treat and a sure sign that migration is underway!
 Brown Creeper  Brown Creeper  Brown Creeper  Brown Creeper  Eastern Phoebe  Eastern Phoebe  Song Sparrow  Black-capped Chickadee  White-breasted Nuthatch  Eastern Cottontail at Tifft  Back home: Chipping Sparrow's first visit to the feeders this year  Back home: an Eastern Towhee's first visit of the year
Nice collection of birdy photos.Great job getting the Brown Creeper. They are hard to catch because they blend in with the bark.
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