Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

The towhee remotely resembles the robin, although smaller and more
slender. It frequents bushy places and is often detected by noisy
rummaging among dead leaves.

It breeds in open brushy places, barrens, slashings, and forest edges
from Canada to the gulf coast, and often ventures into landscaped
yards.

Its call is a loud chewink, and the southern birds have a proper
southern drawl, a slurred shrink.