DEAR JOAN: There is a nest with two pale blue eggs and what I believe is a California towhee bird sitting on them. Related Articles Six gray whales wash up dead around San Francisco Bay in one ...

Though it doesn't boast fancy plumage, the grayish-brown, sparrow-like Inyo California towhee is remarkable for its tenacity. Despite the population's limited range and complete isolation from other ...

There is so much we don’t see of even the most common birds’ lives. Take the California towhee, one of my favorite of all birds. They are found in nearly every yard in Marin: plain brown ...

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 ...

There is a bird called the California towhee that is found in almost every yard. It is the most mundane of backyard residents: plain and brown, a chunky, clumsy member of the sparrow family that ...

Not only does it supply water to birds and wildlife, but it provides hours of entertainment for us humans, as Rich Cordes of Pleasant Hill learned when this California towhee stopped by for a nice ...

But it turns out this was not an exchange of invective but a duet performed by a mated pair: the towhee equivalent of “Oh June, I’m home!” “In here, Ward!” The California towhee and its close ...

It wakes me very early every morning.” Soon, Galen conjectured our little alarm-bird is either a brown California towhee or a black phoebe. Great! We have color choices. Then, with binocs in ...

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 ...