Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Bryan, beautiful bird in a lovely setting!

If they have personalities like their western cousins, the Spotted Towhees, then they're not the most willing of posers, no. But they will stand their perch. I once threaded myself up into a shrub where I could glimpse one and got some nice shots of the bird just inches away, although still partly hidden by dense twigs.