Merlin's Sound ID can identify 1,054 bird species. ... Or “A California Towhee!” and all I see are a bunch of branches. They pass me binoculars and I get nauseous from the movement.

Developed by the Cornell Lab for Ornithology, the Merlin bird identification app has details about more than 10,000 species. It also includes a photo ID tab and a sound ID tab. This spring I am using ...

Mnemonics are used by many birders to help identify bird calls. Some are more clear than others. The eastern towhee sounds like it’s saying “Drink yer teeeeea!” ...

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 ...

Bird sightings. Notable reports in July from the Woodland Park yard area. Eurasian collared-dove- a few sightings, singing; Rufous hummingbird- first “fall” local report on July 4, one on July 31 ...

The bird, a Green-tailed Towhee, ... The animal is a common fixture in its home throughout the Southwest U.S. and Mexcio, but the species rarely, if ever, makes an appearance in the Midwest.

Is it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Michael Caskey of Fresno, California. Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman: “The eastern towhee is replaced in the western states by a close relative, the spotted towhee. These ...