Many other bird songs are hard to distinguish and are even harder to remember, but the male towhee song is distinctive. He clearly sounds like he is singing, “drink-your-teeeeea.” (No wonder ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the ...

Finally, there’s that maddening bird song ... It's hopeless, Nothing sounds like tweet, twurr, twee. But wait. What’s that at number 73? “The rufous-sided towhee says, Drink your tea.” ...

Or “A California Towhee!” and all I see are a bunch ... "They're really, really good at identifying birds by sound," said Smith. When you use the app, you also see a representation of the ...

Their typical call sounds like towhee, towhee. Because they are secretive and like to hang out on the ground, these birds are heard more often than they are seen. Look for these birds in old ...

Jim Wilson/The New York Times. For some blind birders, avian soundscapes are a way to map the world around them. Increasing noise pollution is imperiling that navigation. By Alexandra Marvar Aug ...

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 ...

But it’s getting harder to spot the towhee or hear its distinctive “chewink” calls in Rhode Island and elsewhere across its range in the eastern half of the country. The bird’s numbers ...

The sounds of birdsong ... of feeders attract all sorts of birds from woodpeckers to bluebirds. Jacki recalls a visit from a rarity remembering how a spotted Towhee appeared under a bush.

The green-tailed towhee adds some zip to its gray body with ... Sparrows are a large group of birds that are typically found on or near the ground and have cone-shaped beaks that are ideal for ...