Spotted Towhee

I went birding this morning to a couple of my favorite sites east of Salem, Lyons City Park and Stayton Riverfront Park. Most of the birds seem to be out of sight in the thick summer foliage, but this Spotted Towhee seemed insistent that I take his photo on the pedestrian bridge in Stayton, so I finally obliged. Some of the ones that seemed to like to hide the most were Common Yellowthroats and Black-headed Grosbeaks, and some that I could not identify by sound at all. Almost makes one wish for the bare trees of winter.