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 ...

Editor’s note: This is a monthly article featuring bird species of the Upper Clark Fork River Valley from Butte to Garrison. The emberizidae family or sparrow family is a large family in North America ...

“Skulking in the bushes” isn’t a descriptive phrase that is typically thought of as positive. But when the individual doing the skulking is a spotted towhee, the phrase is a great description of ...

What do a Wilson's warbler, white-crowned Sparrow and spotted towhee have in common? A tiny aluminum band, among other things, thanks to the efforts of the Grand Valley Audubon Society and Amber ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the pond: “drink-your-tea!” This is not a British parent’s plea, but rather ...

I knew about towhees from my years in Florida and elsewhere. But they seem to be the most plentiful in the northern Piedmont. During my first fall and winter in Winston-Salem, they soon became my ...