Eastern Towhee

Photo by Jean Chamberlain
Stout Farm Rd, Tobaccoville, NC
December 31, 2020

separate eastern and western towhee, see Kroodsma pg 67 (song sparrow)

Songs:

drink-your-teeeeeeeeee
tow-hee
chewink

What do we know about towhee song?

Repertoires:

Neighbors
Western: neighbors share songs
Learns songs where he settles (Kroodsma 2005)
  Different songs in different nearby territories
Eastern: don’t share songs

How and when is song acquired?

Learns where settles (Kroodsma 2005 p56)

How can we facilitate learning?