Eastern Towhee is indeed an unusual bird around here at this time of the year. It has been recorded on the Ithaca Christmas Count 17 of the last 48 years. Rarely do we ever record more than one, although last year we had two. High count was six in 1982.
Kevin From: bounce-39017463-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39017463-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Orkin Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 3:26 PM To: Marilyn L Ray Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Towhee It is rare but not totally unheard of. There are some Nov. Dec and Jan ebird reports for them And yes, Towhees are in the sparrow family, so feed on the ground. This is cool, do you have any idea if you are in the count circle for the Christmas Bird Count. You can check that out on our bird club website, cayugabirdclub.org<http://cayugabirdclub.org>. This would be a great bird to count for this year (on Jan.1) Enjoy Linda On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Marilyn Ray <ml...@cornell.edu<mailto:ml...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Folks...We have been having visits from a male Rufous-sided Towhee over the last several weeks. He is landing on our deck and enjoying the seeds dropped from several feeders. We have lived in this house on the Ithaca edge of Brooktondale and had feeders out for over 25 years, and only once before I saw a Towhee in the leaves on the hillside. Have other seen Towhees this time of year? Are they frequent ground feeders below sees feeders? Marilyn Ray -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
