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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is a monthly article featuring bird species of the Upper Clark Fork River Valley from Butte to Garrison. The emberizidae family or sparrow family is a large family in North America ...

“Skulking in the bushes” isn’t a descriptive phrase that is typically thought of as positive. But when the individual doing the skulking is a spotted towhee, the phrase is a great description of ...

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 ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the pond: “drink-your-tea!” This is not a British parent’s plea, but rather ...

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 ...