Eastern Towhee

Female Eastern Towhee

 

Eastern Towhee's spend most of their time scratching in brushy areas.  Only occasionally do they fly up to a perch and when they do they seldom linger for more than a moment.

 

Female scratching for food

Male Eastern Towhee dropping a seed husk

Checking out the lens

 

And getting back to the work at hand; scratching out a living

 

With the summer foliage gone and food becoming scarce the wintering birds are much easier to photograph than are birds at any other time of the year.