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How
to attract the California Towhee to your garden
The
California Towhee likes dense cover and leaf litter. Leaf litter
is good for many birds as well as most California native plants.
This is our shade demonstration garden at our San Luis nursery
location. The California Towhees love it and can be heard and
seen scratching around in the leaf litter. (Notice, no weeds,
grass etc.)
The
California Towhee forages in the leaf litter by scratching, with
both feet at once, in a fast hopping motion. They feed on seeds
and insects within the leaf litter or occasionally on berries or
seeds in bushes.
The California Towhee is found in brushy areas west of the Sierras. It is not found in central California as this area lacks the appropriate scrubby plant communities.
The
California Towhee enjoys scrubby habitats with leaf litter. They
will use open woodlands with dense under story.
The California Towhee nests in dense shrubs. Some good plants to use for nesting habitat are Scrub oak, Mountain mahogany, or Ceanothus.
Migration
of the California TowheeThe California Towhee does not migrate.
