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.” ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the pond: drink-your-tea! This is not a British parent’s plea, ...

The “spotted” of their name refers to the paint-splatter white across their wings, and they were once known as the “red-eyed towhee” in acknowledgment of their demonically glowing red eyes.

It has the same red eye and black or brown plumage as the eastern towhee, but it has two prominent white wing bars and white spots on its black back. Our Wednesday birding group feels the spotted ...

Distinctive markings: Male has a black head, back and tail with white belly, orange-red sides and red or white eyes. The ...

The towhee was one of the first birds recorded ... If you look closely at one you’ll notice that it has red eyes, which it tough for the bird to explain after a night out. Oddly, not all towhees ...

Other names for this common Lehigh Valley woodland songbird include bush-bird, chewink, red-eyed towhee, swamp robin and turkey sparrow, the latter nickname probably resulting from the earth ...

“Erythro” is the Greek word for “red,” and “phthalm” is the Greek word for “the eye.” Put them all together and we learn that the eastern towhee is also known as the “red-eyed ...

Pipilo means to chirp and erythrophthalmus, red-eyed. A red-eyed chirper. Hence the English name, red-eyed towhee. In 1843, in "The Birds of Long Island" by J.P. Giraud, Jr., the entry for the eastern ...