DEAR JOAN: This will be the fourth spring during which I get a visit from a spotted towhee. I’ve already heard and seen him. I feel sure it is the same one. He mostly sits in a Japanese maple tree and ...

Near the summit of Mount Lemmon above Tucson, Arizona, there was a songbird near the top of a tree. I could see that he was singing, despite the fact that I could not hear him, and based on color and ...

WEST ALTON, Mo. — A Missouri bird sanctuary rejoiced after officials recently spotted a rare bird on the facility's grounds. The bird, a Green-tailed Towhee, was sighted at the Riverlands Migratory ...

A spotted towhee has been hanging around Fort Foster in Kittery all winter. In summer, the nearest spotted towhees are found along the western edge of North and South Dakota and most of New Mexico.

The roadside raptor survey was going slowly. I had seen only a few hawks so far. The weather was good with clear skies and calm winds, a good day to be in the field. Yet the poor success of the survey ...

I knew about towhees from my years in Florida and elsewhere. But they seem to be the most plentiful in the northern Piedmont. During my first fall and winter in Winston-Salem, they soon became my ...

DEAR JOAN: This will be the fourth spring during which I get a visit from a spotted towhee. I’ve already heard and seen him. I feel sure it is the same one. He mostly sits in a Japanese maple tree and ...