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bobsofpa · Apr 26, 2004

These photos were taken in the Tucson Mountain Park, AZ during late March.

The photos are at a bad angle for good identification markings. I submitted 3 similar views because each shows a different area with a white marking.

Bob

Katy Penland · Apr 26, 2004

With that seed-eating bill and long tail, my first thought was a juvenile Canyon Towhee (Pipilo fuscus), but you said these were shot in late March. So it could be an early fledge or maybe a first-year bird just coming into breeding plumage (the beginning of creamy throat and possible "necklace" of spots on chest, rusty coloration toward the vent, whitish belly, still-dark eye).

Warbler · Apr 26, 2004

I was thinking the same thing, Canyon Towhee.

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