Today Brooklyn Bird Watch features a colorful Heather Wolf photo of the Eastern Towhee. Ornithologists call the Eastern Towhee a large sparrow with a thick bill and long tail, larger than a sparrow ...

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 ...

When you’re watching for this songbird, look out below. The Eastern towhee spends most of its time on the ground, whether ...

This is a female eastern towhee. It is a smallish songbird native to most of the eastern half of the United States. It is larger than a common sparrow but smaller than a robin. The male and female ...