Once in while we get to see an Eastern Towhee in our yard, but it doesn’t seem like it’s very often. We usually see  it rummaging among the leaves or wood chips.

The Eastern Towhee is “a strikingly marked, oversized sparrow of the East, feathered in bold black and warm reddish-browns – if you can get a clear look at it. Eastern Towhees are birds of the undergrowth, where their rummaging makes far more noise than you would expect for their size.”

My Dad taught me the call of the Towhee when I was pretty little. I always remember him when I hear, “Drink your tea!” out in the woods.