If you notice the towhee cutting back on the calling, it’s a good sign a love match has been made. You can instead listen for ...

The roadside raptor survey was going slowly. I had seen only a few hawks so far. The weather was good with clear skies and calm winds, a good day to be in the field. Yet the poor success of the survey ...

DEAR JOAN: This will be the fourth spring during which I get a visit from a spotted towhee. I’ve already heard and seen him. I feel sure it is the same one. He mostly sits in a Japanese maple tree and ...