A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Landscape trials and triumphs Butterfly and Bird Gardens Hey thornius

Can u see this bird what kind is this never seen before
it had alot of white on it too dont know if u can see it well it sure was a pretty bird and the other one he is a fst bird i cant gethim good he is grey and black with longg beak and the woodpecker i show u he is a meanie to other bird's one of the jays that comes has a hurt foot too he holds it up all the time

Looks like a towhee

Betty, your bird is a male Eastern Towhee; Julie is right, although in Julie's area they don't have the Eastern, they have the Spotted Towhee,which is ALMOST identical to the Eastern with only SLIGHT differences. Towhees (pronounced Toe-hee) are large members of the Sparrow family. Their song is, "Drink-Your-Tea", where the phrase "Tea" is long, drawn-out, and quavery.

It is a Rufous-sided Towhee, a lovely little shelf feeder that is fairly common in the eastern southern states.