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

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 ...

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 ...