Eastern Towhee

The Eastern Towhee tends to be solitary and often feed on the ground, scratching noisily in the dry leaves. Their habitat are woodland edges, pastures and brushy backyards. Their populations appear to be declining with the loss of the woodland edges due to development and frequent Cowbird parasitism.....which means...
Cowbirds are known as a "brood parasite." They lay their eggs in other birds nests, commonly the Eastern Towhee, sometimes tossing resident eggs out to make room for their eggs. Other birds do not know they have an alien egg and they raise the young nestling as their own. A group of Towhees are known as a "tangle" and a "teapot" of towhees. It is not the picture, their eyes are a red/brown. This lone bird did visit the feeder and I found him later in the day in this snag of a tree. I have only seen one so far, hopefully a few more will visit.