Aww, great pic Eileen! Do you get towhees where you are? This was kinda a no-brainer for me, one was singing outside my window. That and 2 varied thrushes. They are all loading up on sunflowers for the migration I think.
No I'm afraid we don't Mary. We have a similar bird called a Stonechat but no Towhees. I took the piccie off the net just to let folks see what a Rufous sided towhee looked like. I'll post a stonechat piccie later - Photobucket is down at the moment.
Here's the piccie of the Stonechat I promised. Kind of similar in colouring to the RST don't you think?
Very much so! Does it have the red eyes? That's usually how I'm sure I'm not looking at something besides a Towhee.
