The Hour

For the Birds: Tracking down a towhee

It was one of those walks I probably shouldn't have taken. I had only a smidgen of wiggle room if I wanted to arrive at an appointment on time. The woods beckoned, however, and I've always felt that a ...
The Island Packet

Towhees are elusive birds at home in the underbrush and sometimes raise other birds’ young

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 through ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See Stunning Images of Female Birds, Often Overlooked by Wildlife Photographers

The sex frequently neglected by birders and scientists takes the spotlight in the Audubon Photography Awards’ Female Bird Prize Carlyn Kranking - Associate Web Editor, Science A female American ...
The Daily Gazette

Crises of identity behind name of eastern towhee

A male eastern towhee is quite dashing in appearance. Black above, white below and a lovely cinnamon-brown on the flanks give this bird the look of a tuxedoed gentleman on his way to some high-society ...
Bristol Herald Courier

Welcoming towhees easy to accomplish

It’s the time of year when young birds start making their first forays to feeders, usually accompanied by their parents and siblings. In recent weeks, I’ve seen everything from young brown thrashers ...
Star Tribune

Female birds can belt out a song, too

The backyard comes alive as a male Northern cardinal belts out his exuberant, whistle-y song — but wait, how do we know the singer is a male? Unless you see an all-red bird pushing out the sounds, you ...
The Hour

For the Birds: Towhees come through in the cold

It was bitterly cold, but bright and sunny. Yes, a perfect day for a quick bird walk. Perfect day for a long bird walk, too, but I had limited time, so it had to be a quick one. I pulled into Weed ...
JSTOR Daily

Observations of certain breeding behaviors in a bilateral gynandromorph Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 131, No. 3 (September 2019), pp. 625-628 (4 pages) We present observations of breeding behaviors exhibited by a bilateral gynandromorph Eastern Towhee (Pipilo ...
Star Tribune

Take the group birding challenge: Find a Female Bird Day

Here’s a fun way to combine both: Gather up a few friends and go birding sometime during the Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27). But — and here’s the challenging part — you’ll only be counting female ...
Richmond Register

Although rare at backyard bird feeders, the Eastern Towhee is common in Ky.

The Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) is an infrequent visitor to backyard bird feeders. Consider yourself lucky to see this large sparrow, with distinctive plumage, feeding on the ground ...
Kansas City Star

Calif. towhee may no longer be threatened, but it’s still a rare bird

An unassuming bird that’s rebounded in California’s remote Inyo County is giving conservatives and environmentalists alike something to crow about. The Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation gets ...