“In here, Ward!” The California towhee and its close relatives, the Abert’s towhee and canyon towhee, are among the few known duetting North American birds (others include the wrentit, pygmy nuthatch, ...

A male spotted towhee has a black head, back and tail with a white belly, orange-red sides and multiple white wing marks. “I think that the first thing people notice is their sides,” David ...

The ruffed grouse or purple martin? They're like friends you might chat with. The wrentit and the Abert's towhee are like the neighbors you don't talk to much. As for the Hammond's flycatcher and ...

The Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation gets to claim victory, with the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new proposal to remove the Inyo California towhee from federal protection. The ...

The rufous-sided towhee, with its striking plumage, is a somewhat secretive member of the finch family that flits from beneath vegetation to visit feeders or scratch around in garden litter.

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 ...

The Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation gets to claim victory, with the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new proposal to remove the Inyo California towhee from federal protection. The ...