A winter towhee.
We don't normally have towhees in our area during winter but this one is wintering at the visitor centre at Rondeau Provincial Park.
They are a summer bird that breeds in southern Ontario and migrate to warmer areas in the winter.
Towhees eat many foods: seeds, fruits, insects, spiders, millipedes, centipedes, and snails, as well as soft leaf and flower buds in spring. They also eat seeds and fruits, including ragweeds, smartweeds, grasses, acorns, blackberries, blueberries, wheat, corn, and oats.
Source-
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
The oldest known Eastern Towhee was 12 years, 3 months old.
They are a summer bird that breeds in southern Ontario and migrate to warmer areas in the winter.
Towhees eat many foods: seeds, fruits, insects, spiders, millipedes, centipedes, and snails, as well as soft leaf and flower buds in spring. They also eat seeds and fruits, including ragweeds, smartweeds, grasses, acorns, blackberries, blueberries, wheat, corn, and oats.
Source-
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
The oldest known Eastern Towhee was 12 years, 3 months old.
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