Thursday, May 14, 2009

Towhee


Not a word you see every day. The Eastern Towhee is a ground bird, a "large New World sparrow." He's a beaut. Ours loves to dig up the bark mulch in my vineyard, presumably looking for worms. I will begrudge him a few of those, so long as he doesn't take an affinity for grapes.
This bird's call is "drink your teeeeeee," which isn't bad advice.

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