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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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K Dixon
1950
Pipilo maculatus
Apr, 29 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
11:30 - sunny day. Spotted Towhee at feeding on outside west-facing window of secretary's office, MV2. Bird "shadow-boxed", apparently flying against its own reflection in the window, rooster-fashion. This is the first time I have seen this species fight its image although Brown Towhee does so regularly.