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. 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 <[email protected]> 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/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsRULES<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/**CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat** > ionLeave.htm<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > ARCHIVES: > 1) > http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/**maillist.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > 2) > http://www.surfbirds.com/**birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > 3) > http://birdingonthe.net/**mailinglists/CAYU.html<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/**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/[email protected]/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/ --
