Older field guides show the rufous-sided towhee as a single ... Listen to the spotted towhee’s song.

The rufous-sided towhee, with its striking plumage ... Click on "Sound" to hear its song, "Video" for a selection of video clips, plus tips on how to find it. One of the interesting factoids ...

For instance, the rufous-sided towhee (a common permanent resident ... other males out of that territory. In the male towhee's case, this song sounds like "drink-your-tea" to human ears.

the song sparrow’s Madge ... What’s that at number 73? “The rufous-sided towhee says, Drink your tea.” Drink your tea? Tweet, twurr, twee? That’s it! That’s got to be it.

The object of my attention was the rufous-sided towhee, a male whose field marks ... but the most identifiable song is surely the rhythmic and loud “DRINK your te-e-e-e-e-e.” ...

The Rufous-sided Towhee was found across North America (but) differences between its western and eastern forms — in plumage, songs and genetics — brought an official split into two distinct ...

Translating these songs into words ... What’s this at number 73? The rufous-sided towhee says, "Drink your tea." A lightbulb flickered.

In addition to the “drink your teeeee” song, towhees have a call resembling a “chewink” or “towhee” sound, hence the bird’s name. Life span: A towhee was known to live 12 years ...

The problem is that there were so many variations of this bird that the name “rufous-sided ... find a towhee without first hearing the bird’s distinctive “drink-your-tea” song.

The towhee’s song is also helpful with identification ... What you might not know is that eastern towhees used to be called “rufus-sided towhees.” Older bird books say that rufus-sided ...