Eastern Towhee on Moss Covered Branch

 "Joy is found in the simple and ordinary things of life: the smile of a newborn baby, the kiss from a sweet new puppy, and the warm sunshine on a spring day." 

 ~ Marie Cornelio

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Eastern Towhee Forages On the Ground

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, 

drink the wild air." 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Eastern Towhee

"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world." 

~ Marcus Aurelius

 Eastern Towhee in the pine tree

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Male Eastern Towhee - Looking for Love

"When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life." 

 ~ Jean Shinoda Bolen

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Towhee in the Tree

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. 

 ~ Walt Whitman

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Eastern Towhee Male

“Love much. 

Earth has enough of bitter in it.” 

 ― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Wild Birds - Eastern Towhee

 “My mission in life is not merely to survive, 

but to thrive.” 

– Maya Angelou

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Eastern Towhee

 We can never have enough of nature.

 — Henry David Thoreau

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Eastern Towhee - Looking Up

Give goodness to the day and before you know it, the day will be giving goodness to you. 

 ~ Terri Guillemets

Eastern Towhee In A Thorny Mess

Well, it looks like a thorny mess to me!  It amazes me how birds can dig around and even perch on thorny vines and manage to do it without getting all scratched up.

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.  

- Yann Martel

Eastern Towhee Female

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

~ William Wordsworth 

Or in my case - fill your camera!  

Eastern Towhee Series

Through the branches ~ I Spy ~ An Eastern Towhee

Able to catch him in mid-hop

Gotta love that Wing Flutter

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

~ Simon and Garfunkel

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Eastern Towhee Fanning His Tail

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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.

Eastern Towhee - Beauty on a Branch

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

~ William Arthur Ward

  Heritage Trail - Blacksburg, VA

Eastern Towhee Close-up

Yesterday the twig was brown and bare; To-day the glint of green is there; Tomorrow will be leaflets spare; I know no thing so wondrous fair, No miracle so strangely rare. I wonder what will next be there! 

~ L.H. Bailey

Towhee in the Tree

  Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception.

 —  Buddha

Eastern Towhee in a berry-filled tree.  

Along the Huckleberry Trail

Each day as a set out on my walks I ask myself "what amazing thing will I find today?" It may be at the beginning of each walk, in the middle or at the end, but I do find something amazing each time. On this day it was this Eastern Towhee. I heard him WAY before I saw him and slowly approached. He sat there and "called" for several minutes ~ I think there might have been a Mrs. Towhee near by. Sometimes all we have to do is slow down or stop .... and listen to the world around us ~ Amazing things WILL happen.

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Eastern Towhee - Backyard Visitor

“Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances.” 
 ― John Lubbock 

An Eastern Towhee visits my back yard in early Spring.

Eastern Towhee

An Eastern Towhee taken through the branches.

For more info on this bird: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Towhee