Distinctive markings: Male has a black head ... bursts of rusty orange feathers are usually the first signs of an eastern towhee’s presence. According to Ryan Brady, conservation biologist ...

An eastern towhee is back on my property ... It breeds from southern Canada to our southeastern states. The male heads north before the female to find a breeding territory, sometime from the end of ...

Length: Between eight and nine inches; wingspan between 10 and 11 inches Diet: An Eastern towhee’s diet consists of seeds, fruit and insects. Distinguishing characteristics: In spring ...

A male spotted towhee has a black head ... “I was told this is an eastern towhee, but I live in the San Joaquin Valley in California. Is it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Michael Caskey of ...

Incubation is mostly by the female, but both parents feed the young. A male Eastern towhee adopts a high perch in his territory. Vicky McMillan All this parental care, though, is sometimes ...

A male eastern towhee is quite dashing in appearance. Black above, white below and a lovely cinnamon-brown on the flanks give this bird the look of a tuxedoed gentleman on his way to some high ...

The Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus ... Reproduction and Nesting The male defends its nesting territory by singing, often from a high perch. In courtship, he may give a soft “whispered ...

In fact, for a time, it was appropriately known as the “red-eyed towhee,” before the taxonomists split it into our western “spotted towhee” and its close relative the “eastern towhee.” ...

The rufous-sided towhee, with its striking plumage ... continent's rufous-sided towhees were the same but now believe the eastern variety is different. " Rufous" means rust-colored and is used ...

NEWPORT — The Eastern Towhee is a sparrow that doesn’t look like a typical sparrow. With its ink-black hood and sepia sides, the male especially stands out in the landscape. But it’s ...