<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">For those interested in the so-called "maculatus Group," and curtatus vs arcticus, I did a deep dive into Spotted Towhees, which I've posted here. I'll never look at tail spots the same again. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;font-family:"Merriweather Sans",sans-serif;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:15px 0px 0.3em;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:48px"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font size="4"><a href="https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2024/03/18/spotted-towhee-subspecies-in-the-pacific-northwest-from-nearly-spotless-to-pretty-messy/">Spotted Towhee subspecies in the Pacific Northwest: From nearly-spotless to pretty messy</a></font></span></h1></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">good birding, </div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4" color="#073763"><span></span>Steve Hampton<span></span></font></div><div>Port Townsend, WA  (<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">qatáy</span>)</div></div><br><div><font color="#073763"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div></div>