--- Cynthia Crawford wrote:
I saw an Eastern Towhee this spring- Tigertown Rd. near the Beaver Pond. Is
it possible they might breed here?
--- end of quote ---

This is further comentary on both Cyndy's question and Gearge Clark's
observation a day ago.

In the 1940's towhees were uncommon in the Upper Valley.  But starting in the
1950's, and lasting for thirty or more years, they became fairly common and,
though I lack any hard data, I assumed they nested here.  My assumption has been
that the habitat changed from the forties to the fifties and again more
recently.  

Incidentally, I had one visit my feeder a few years ago in mid-January.  (I live
in residential Hanover.)

Mike

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