Earlier this week I cleared a section of our property on the streetside of overgrown and unsightly junipers. One result was to deprive several neighbor cats an ambush site for our north feeders. But as a side benefit we also can see some ground feeders in action that were previously entirely obscured by vegetation. And the number one such bird is the Eastern Towhee. They're year-rounders for us, but they lie low and skulk under cover, and so I only usually hear them. For several days I have seen them quite readily scratching at the currently open ground as they forage for arthropods. Inevitably this section will be set up as a sun garden, so perhaps the towhee show will continue for a long time. And I don't miss the cats, either.
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