Spotted Towhee
© Burney Huff
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What they eat: Spotted Towhees eat both insects and plants depending on the season. They prefer sunflower seeds, peanut hearts, and millet on the ground or in platform feeders. |
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Where they live: These birds prefer the dry thickets and brushy tangles of scrub habitats. They occur in the western half of the United States into some parts of Canada and Mexico. |
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Did you know? Spotted Towhees like to eat right off the ground and do so by using a backwards-scratching hop to uncover food. |
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How they sound: Their song starts with a few short introductory notes and is followed by a fast trill that sounds like a piece of paper stuck into a fan. |
To learn more, visit the Cornell Lab's free website: www.allaboutbirds.org.
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