When you’re watching for this songbird, look out below. The Eastern towhee spends most of its time on the ground, whether ...

The backyard comes alive as a male Northern cardinal belts out his exuberant, whistle-y song — but wait, how do we know the singer is a male? Unless you see an all-red bird pushing out the sounds, you ...

It was one of those walks I probably shouldn't have taken. I had only a smidgen of wiggle room if I wanted to arrive at an appointment on time. The woods beckoned, however, and I've always felt that a ...

In Rector, Pa., researchers have spotted one strange bird. This rose-breasted grosbeak has a pink breast spot and a pink “wing pit” and black feathers on its right wing — telltale shades of males. But ...

Usually you’ll hear an Eastern Towhee before you see it. This common, colorful bird spends much of its time rustling around in the undergrowth, foraging noisily through leaf litter or creeping through ...

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 131, No. 3 (September 2019), pp. 625-628 (4 pages) We present observations of breeding behaviors exhibited by a bilateral gynandromorph Eastern Towhee (Pipilo ...

It was bitterly cold, but bright and sunny. Yes, a perfect day for a quick bird walk. Perfect day for a long bird walk, too, but I had limited time, so it had to be a quick one. I pulled into Weed ...

An unassuming bird that’s rebounded in California’s remote Inyo County is giving conservatives and environmentalists alike something to crow about. The Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation gets ...