Excerpt from All About Birds:
Eastern Towhees tend to be pretty solitary, and they use a number of threat displays to tell other towhees they’re not welcome. You may see contentious males lift, spread, or droop one or both wings, fan their tails, or flick their tails to show off the white spots at the corners. Studies have shown that male towhees tend to defend territories many times larger than needed simply to provide food.
Full link to info about the Eastern Towhee is HERE
It was thrilling to be able to witness this bird behavior.
Those are some fancy feathers! Pretty!
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
Nice shot! I love this bird!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day!
Louise
Nice capture of the tail display! I know that I never see more than one pair here. I usually only see them in the winter when they are hunting food under the feeding areas.
ReplyDeleteinteresting use of his fan. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! What a cool shot!
ReplyDeleteWonderful bird, what a great fan of a tale!
ReplyDeleteSo interesting the way of birds. Terrific pic of this guy.
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He makes a nice fan. : )
ReplyDeleteVery nice shot, and interesting info as well. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty Kerri!
ReplyDeleteIt is a cool shot, Kerri!
ReplyDeleteHe's a beauty...
ReplyDeleteI have never witnessed this before myself, good capture and very interesting.
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