Eastern Towhee
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What they eat: Towhees eat many foods: seeds, fruits, insects, spiders, millipedes, centipedes, and snails, as well as soft leaf and flower buds in spring. At platform and ground feeders, they prefer peanut hearts, millet, wheat, and milo. |
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Where they live: Eastern Towhees are characteristic birds of forest edges, overgrown fields and woodlands, and scrubby backyards or thickets. They are found in the eastern half of the continental U.S. |
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Did you know? These birds seem to prefer to be solitary, defending territories many times larger than needed to simply provide food. |
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How they sound: The classic Eastern Towhee song, given by males, is a loud drink-your-tea!, lasting about 1 second. The most common call is a two-parted tow-hee! |
To learn more, visit the Cornell Lab's free website: www.allaboutbirds.org.
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