known as the rufous-sided towhee. Females take on nesting building and incubation duties. The bird will use coarse materials such as bark, dead leaves, grass stems to form a cup nest that Whitney ...

A male spotted towhee has a black head ... and whatever things you find in leaf litter.” This bird builds a nest on or near the ground using leaves, stems, pine needles and more.

HABITAT: Inyo California towhees nest and forage in areas of dense riparian ... and water diversions are immediate threats to this bird. POPULATION TREND: Surveys showed that the Inyo California ...

which degrade the bird's habitat and have been one of the gravest threats to the species. Today, though its population is still small, the Inyo California towhee has increased dramatically in numbers ...