A male spotted towhee has a black head, back and tail with a white belly, orange-red sides and multiple white wing marks. “I think that the first thing people notice is their sides,” David ...

The towhee’s song is also helpful with identification. The male bird loves to sit on an exposed shrub and sing his characteristic song. Many other bird songs are hard to distinguish and are even ...

Though it doesn't boast fancy plumage, the grayish-brown, sparrow-like Inyo California towhee is remarkable for its tenacity. Despite the population's limited range and complete isolation from other ...

It is a joy to linger in bed for a few minutes on a spring morning and tell which birds are singing so jubilantly outside the bedroom window.

This bird is known as the spotted towhee, named for the white speckles that adorn its black back and wings. Overall, it is a strikingly handsome bird, with those bold blacks and whites contrasting ...

Claim to fame: When males are in bright courtship plumage in spring, the Eastern towhee is one of the more interestingly marked birds you’ll see at forest edges and in old overgrown fields ...

And its manner of feeding confirms that towhee identification. Many birds agreeably feed above ground on feeders; other birds only reluctantly feed above ground. Feeding behavior varies by species.