Like a barnyard chicken or a miniature wild turkey, the little black bird scraped away at the leaves, using one foot at a time to reveal a seed or bug on the woodland floor, then employing both feet ...

It’s been hot for a week, made worse by thick humid conditions. Smart money says stay in the house. But playing it smart means no hope to see good things in nature. Indoors offers nothing. Outdoors, ...

One of my favorite spring arrival birds, an eastern towhee, showed up in the back yard last week. I’m especially fond of this member of the sparrow family as its cheery song that sounds like “drink ...

Characteristics: A sparrow-sized bird, this towhee has a black head, red eye and the males have a black back with white spots, hence the common name. Females are browner instead of black. The ...

The rufous-sided towhee, with its striking plumage, is a somewhat secretive member of the finch family that flits from beneath vegetation to visit feeders or scratch around in garden litter.

The following 20 birds moved the most north of all 305 species studied by the Audubon Society. For five of the birds on the list – Wild Turkey, Marbled Murrelet, Ring-billed Gull, House Finch and ...

The rufous-sided towhee must have felt as though the sky had fallen. The black-hooded, rusty-sided bird had been flying low through a scrubby section of Wekiwa Springs State Park, searching for its ...