Tavordir loves nature and animals, but his favorite is birds.  He goes out to the forest and converses with them, and 'tavor' means woodpecker in Sindarin.  When living in the Greenwoood he traveled out to the forest to learn the ways of the plants and animals and did not make  contact with civilization, well, what we would call civilization, for 5 and half yeni.  Before then his given name was Windrow, but he changed it do to his fascination with the woodpeckers, and the attachment he acquired with a family of them.  Now he spends most of his time in the forests, however he loves meeting new people and visiting new places. 

     In the early First age he was born in Ossirand, west of Ered Luin and there learned the speech of trees and birds after the fashion of his kin.  When Orcs started to terrorize the borders of Ossiriand his father went to defend the forest, but died in doing so.  His mother had kin in the Greenwood so the traveled the long journey there to stay safe and that is where he spent his life for the next few thousands of years to come.  In the late Third age he finally decided to leave the forests and find a safe haven from the darkness that befell his home, so he came to Imladris.