Fwd: Green-tailed towhee- Marquette Oct. 13

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Howdy Folks,
 
This little gem turned up in Marquette today, below is Louie Taccolini orginal post to the UP Birdnet.
Louie will get the word out in the morning if the bird reappears, which I think it will. Louie has a great yard for holding birds- lots of cover & seed on the ground.
 
~Skye Haas
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: ltaccoli at nmu.edu
To: birdnet at upbirders.org
Sent: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 6:38 PM
Subject: Green-tailed towhee


Hi Birders,
     It was a great day for birding (in my backyard).  The BIG  ONE came in about 4:30 P.M.  (sounds like a U.P. deer story).....a  
Green-tailed towhee.    What a surprise....and no doubt about it....all of the characteristics seen easily.  My wife and I both saw it, and I called Skye Haas and Ray Sischo...Skye was in Munising but I heard his car screech as he turned it around to come here.  When it was all over the bird kept disappearing and reappearing.  Ray saw it,  David  Pavlik (Skye had telephoned him) came and saw  it, and then Skye came (it seemed I had only taken three or four blinks of my eyes after I had called him but I will take his word that he drove slowly). Skye saw it, along with Max Henschell, Greg Cleary and Scot Stewart.  It was nice being in the same company with all of those great birders.  Skye says it is a first for Marquette county, and perhaps the 6th or 7th for the state.  Were we happy.......YES!  Skye thinks it may stay around for several days....birders are welcome..... 719 W. Ridge St, Marquette.....without guarantees it will be here.     The Harris sparrow in the yard at the same time didn't create too much excitement.  Early in the day I had 7 Hermit thrushes, five at one time, tons of house sparrows and others.....all very skittish as  though they know that winter is coming. 
      It was a great Friday the 13th.      Good  birding!  Louie Taccolini
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