February 27, 2023

I am a male Eastern Towhee

I tend to be quite solitary

I don't like company

From other Towhees

I'll make a threat display if they don't leave voluntarily.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Towhee/overview

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

January 22, 2023

I am an Eastern Towhee

My mate and I are often victims of Cowbirds

They steal our eggs

And throw them away

And leave their eggs in our nest, those cowards!

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Towhee/overview

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

January 31, 2022

I am known as a female Eastern Towhee

If I was male, my head and wings would be black

I stay close to the ground, and fling sand all around

Doing a two-footed dance that's a little bit whack.

(Click the photo to enlarge - you can see the sand flying but her feet were going too fast to be caught by the camera. The top half was still though, she totally had a Riverdance thing  going on.)

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Towhee/id

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

November 22, 2021

I am an Eastern Towhee

I'm black, white and reddish brown

I can be found in Florida throughout the year

And further north when I want to get down.

Location: Cape Cod, MA

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Towhee/maps-range

(Note: I'm feeling a little homesick, so I thought I'd dedicate this week to the last time I had a real vacation with my sibs when we went to Cape Cod in July of 2016. Enjoy the trip up north!)

Photo and text © 2021 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

August 15, 2020

Location: Fellsmere, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

I am an adult Eastern Towhee,
I live in Florida, so I have white eyes
If I lived further north, my eyes would be red
But I'd still have a dark head and roufus sides.

Sources: Cornell Lab All About Birds - Eastern Towhee

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

July 20, 2020

Location: Fellsmere, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

I am an immature Eastern Towhee,
I sing the same song as my dad and mum
I look nondescript like a sparrow unless,
I'm flying away, then you'll see white near my bum.

Sources: Cornell Lab All About Birds - Eastern Towhee

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson