Townsend’s Solitaire Images, Facts and Information:
Myadestes townsendi
- Townsend’s Solitaires are small plain gray thrushes with thin, white eye rings, pale rust patches on their wings and white outer tail feathers.
- Some Townsend’s Solitaires are short distance migrants, some are year round residents and some simply move to lower elevations during the winter.
- Townsend’s Solitaires are found in the western half of North America from as far north as Alaska to as far south as Mexico.
- Townsend’s Solitaires prefer habitats that include pines, firs, montane coniferous forests, and in winter open juniper forests. They can be found from sea level in winter to around 11,500 feet in elevation during other seasons.
- Townsend’s Solitaires eat worms, butterflies, moths, spiders and other insects during their breeding season and switch over to fruits and berries during the nonbreeding season including hackberries, elderberries, currants, serviceberries, other berries and fruits. Juniper berries are their primary diet in winter.
- During the winter both sexes are strongly territorial when it comes to protecting their juniper patches.
- Townsend’s Solitaires lay 3 to 8 which hatch in 14 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- Townsend’s Solitaires can live to be at least 5 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Townsend’s Solitaire photos.
Townsend’s Solitaire perched in sage
Title: Townsend’s Solitaire perched in sage
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2022
Roadside Townsend’s Solitaire
Title: Roadside Townsend’s Solitaire
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2022
Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire in a desert
Title: Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire in a desert
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2022
Roadside Townsend’s Solitaire in a Fragrant Sumac
Title: Roadside Townsend’s Solitaire in a Fragrant Sumac
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/20/2022
Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire perched in a juniper
Title: Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire perched in a juniper
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/12/2021
Singing Townsend’s Solitaire and tiny flying bugs
Title: Singing Townsend’s Solitaire and tiny flying bugs
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/12/2021
Fall Townsend’s Solitaire in the West Desert
Title: Fall Townsend’s Solitaire in the West Desert
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/12/2021
Townsend’s Solitaire perched on a snowy juniper
Title: Townsend’s Solitaire perched on a snowy juniper
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 10/13/2021
Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire
Title: Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/3/2021
Immature Townsend’s Solitaire high up in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Immature Townsend’s Solitaire high up in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Juvenile Townsend’s Solitaire perched on an old branch
Title: Juvenile Townsend’s Solitaire perched on an old branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Townsend’s Solitaire juvenile high in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Townsend’s Solitaire juvenile high in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Adult Townsend’s Solitaire perched in a Netleaf Hackberry
Title: Adult Townsend’s Solitaire perched in a Netleaf Hackberry
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/6/2019
Townsend’s Solitaire on lichen covered rocks
Title: Townsend’s Solitaire on lichen covered rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/6/2019
Townsend’s Solitaire and a bright blue sky
Title: Townsend’s Solitaire and a bright blue sky
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/6/2019
Alert Townsend’s Solitaire perched on top of a tree
Title: Alert Townsend’s Solitaire perched on top of a tree
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/6/2019
Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire on a branch
Title: Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire on a branch
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/6/2019
Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire in a hackberry tree
Title: Autumn Townsend’s Solitaire in a hackberry tree
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/6/2019