Hideaway Strath Connor The Explorer

He showed no signs of submission as she bore down on him and this made Towhee even angrier. She would've liked to bleed him for his insolence, yet she wasn't foolhardy. The stranger sidestepped and lowered his head, more likely to protect his throat than out of any show of deference. Meanwhile, she dug her heels into the earth and came to a stop within inches of him, head and tail thrust high.

His words fell on deaf ears (literally) and Towhee didn't bother trying to catch them. -"This is claimed territory. Submit or get out,"- she warned him, speaking brusquely and signing emphatically, the words punctuated with a throaty growl.