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scratch method of flearing the ground to expose small insects and seeds.
Local towhees usually nest on the ground. In fact, the nest is A usually placed in a shallow depression next to a shrub, small tree, or tuft of grass, and often the hole is deep enough that the rim of the nest barely reaches ground level. The female does the nest building while the male stands guard, and it is she who is almost entirely responsible for incubating the eggs and brooding the young.
The nest, despite being fairly open, is remarkably hard to find, in part because females are very wary about approaching the nest when an intruder is near.
Towhees typically lay three to four eggs and the female incubates them for about 12 days. Both parents feed the young but only the female broods them until they are ready to leave the nest eight to ten days after hatching. After the young leave the nest, both parents continue to tend them for a week or so.
Many birders have noticed that they are seeing a lot fewer towhees in recent years. , The cause of the decline seems to be habitat loss. Towhees are birds of thickets and thick wood edges, what were once shrubby fields have been allowed to grow back into woods. Changes in farming and attitude are another
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