Eastern Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalamus


Eastern Towhee
The Eastern Towhee has a single white patch on its wing, where its western close relative, the Spotted Towhee, has numerous white spots.


Eastern Towhee


Eastern Towhee


Eastern Towhee
My photos of Eastern Towhees were all at the Beech Forest on Cape Cod, 2005 and 2009, until I was able to photograph this one amid the redbud of southeastern Ohio in April 2015.