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these birds pause in spring to pick a newly emerged caterpillar from a leaf and move on. We get only glimpses of them.
The towhee, a handsome creature in plumage, song and demeanor, is always with us. This bird does not leave in winter for the tropics; no long, over water flights for him. He stays around and searches under the bird feeder for seed when snow covers the ground.
My great admiration for the towhee evolved a number of years ago when I was teaching eighth grade at a private school in Alexandria. I ran a bird banding station as part of the science program. Capturing, then banding birds with a numbered aluminum band is a national endeavor in attempting to know more about birds — their longevity, migratory paths and habits and much more.
One cold January day a male Rufous-sided Towhee wandered into one of the wire traps in search of food. Snow covered the ground and the only seed the towhee could see was inside a curious and innocent looking wire cage. He hopped inside, tripped tne door and was captured. Three large, non-feathered, twolegged creatures rushed out
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