It was one of those walks I probably shouldn't have taken. I had only a smidgen of wiggle room if I wanted to arrive at an appointment on time. The woods beckoned, however, and I've always felt that a ...

An unassuming bird that’s rebounded in California’s remote Inyo County is giving conservatives and environmentalists alike something to crow about. The Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation gets ...

Ornithologist Richard Dolbeer reported an abundance of riches on his property in Huron, where he has five nesting boxes. In addition to screech owls, he hosted wood ducks, squirrels and starlings. "I ...

Talk about your misperceptions: for years, I thought the California towhees in my yard were having boundary issues. Two towhees would fly toward each other, one or both uttering a loud squealing call ...

There is a bird called the California towhee that is found in almost every yard. It is the most mundane of backyard residents: plain and brown, a chunky, clumsy member of the sparrow family that hops ...

Last year I told you about a Baltimore oriole that was scratching on the ground under my birdfeeder. At the time you seemed skeptical saying, “It doesn’t sound like oriole behavior.” Well, the bird is ...

Originally, the species California towhee (Pipilo crissalis ), whose eight subspecies included the Inyo California towhee, was considered to be the same species as the canyon towhee (Pipilo fuscus) ...

DEAR JOAN: There is a nest with two pale blue eggs and what I believe is a California towhee bird sitting on them. Related Articles East Bay ‘chaos gardener’ looking to lure goldfinches It’s harbor ...

California towhee, Melozone crissalis (formerly; Pipilo crissalis; protonym, Fringilla crissalis), also known as the Californian or brown towhee, photographed at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, ...