Once called the rufous-sided towhee, this bird has a new name. Learn what a spotted towhee looks like, sounds like and where to find one.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Sparrows are difficult to identify with most of them appearing plain brownish to grayish. The green-tailed towhee adds some zip to its gray body with unique greenish-yellow highlights on the ...

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!” ...

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.