[obol] "Oregon" birds

[Alan Reid]

I am wondering if the  "oreganus" subspecies of  SPOTTED TOWHEE  might be 
what I see around my place - very few spots.  In fact I have never seen a 
SPOTTED TOWHEE that looks like the field guide illustrations.  I have a 
slide from here taken in 1995 and some pictures from
Cabin Lake that have about 3/4 as many spots as any of the field guides 
show.  Otherwise all I see have less than 1/4 as many spots.  The pair 
around here now just has one line of spots across the secondaries and is not 
very different from one field guide illustration of EASTERN TOWHEE except 
that there is not a heavy white spot on the leading edge of the wing.

Alan Reid  areid at nu-world.com
2 miles below Leaburg
on the McKenzie Hwy.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID IRONS" <llsdirons at msn.com>
To: <gnorgren at earthlink.net>; <David.Mellinger at oregonstate.edu>
Cc: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [obol] "Oregon" birds


> TThere is also the oreganus subspecies of Spotted Towhee.
>
> Dave Irons
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>