In fact, for a time, it was appropriately known as the “red-eyed towhee,” before the taxonomists split it into our western “spotted towhee” and its close relative the “eastern towhee.” ...

A male spotted towhee has a black head ... Both males and females have red eyes. Meet the towhees: The birds scratching up a storm in your backyard. Look for these birds in old pastures, woodland ...

Other names for this common Lehigh Valley woodland songbird include bush-bird, chewink, red-eyed towhee, swamp robin and turkey sparrow, the latter nickname probably resulting from the earth ...

“Erythro” is the Greek word for “red,” and “phthalm” is the Greek word for “the eye.” Put them all together and we learn that the eastern towhee is also known as the “red-eyed ...

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 ... Sierra Nevada red fox, some ...