[Tweeters] re tailless towhee

Mark Egger m.egger at comcast.net
Tue Apr 12 15:42:24 PDT 2022

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A reasonable hypothesis is that the tail feathers were lost to a cat attack the bird survived. Being ground-feeders, towhees are not infrequently taken by cats.

Mark

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