Description: The California towhee is a medium-sized bird about 9″ long. They’re brown with orange-buff face and breast, a long tail, orange-buff eye ring, trianglular beak, and long tail.
Diet: Seeds and some insects.
Feeder food: Black oil sunflower seeds, cracked corn, and millet.
Habitat: This west coast bird enjoys brushy habitats both along the coast as well as high in the mountains, along streams, open woodlands, and even backyards.
Nesting: California towhees have 1-3 broods/season, usually 3-4 light blue eggs (or creamy white eggs sometimes spotted eggs). Eggs are incubated for about 14 days and fledglings leave the nest at about 8 days.
Migration: California towhees are not migrators. They remain along the pacific coasts of California and Mexico year round. Some are found along the borders of southern Oregon and northern California.
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