Eastern towhees primarily eat on the ground, although they also glean from vegetation. When foraging on the ground eastern towhees use a scratching technique where both feet kick back simultaneously. In a laboratory study, 4 eastern towhees used this method to successfully obtain seed buried almost 1 inch (2.5 cm) deep. When foraging above ground the majority of time is spent gleaning foliage.
Love this bird. I’ve seen it in the NJ Pinelands (that was my first sighting) and I’ve seen it in Central Park & Bryant Park in NYC. Beautiful pictures as always!
Fascinating documentation!
I have pictures of Californian Towhee 🙂
That’s the spotted towhee of the West. Thank you, Indira. 🙂
Love this bird. I’ve seen it in the NJ Pinelands (that was my first sighting) and I’ve seen it in Central Park & Bryant Park in NYC. Beautiful pictures as always!
Thank you very much, NJUF. 🙂
Beautiful gallery HJ.
Thank you very much, Chris. 🙂
A very pretty bird, really love the top right male capture, HJ! Quite artistic!! 😊
Thank you so much, Donna. 🙂