Voice - The song of the Rufous-sided Towhee in eastern North America sounds like a loud "drink-your-teaeeeeeee" or "see tow-hee" while the song of western towhees are variable, with some shortened to "teaeeeeeee". The call of western towhees is a cat-like "queee" or "meewww" while eastern birds call "chee-wink".