Soon, with its welcome sunshine and bright blooms, spring will make its explosive assertion of color. Among birds, it will be time for shining orioles, warblers and tanagers to migrate in from parts ...

Listening is the best way to find birds. If you only look with your eyes, you will miss a lot. For species that are shy and secretive, listening is often far more effective than looking for detecting ...

Spotted towhees have a thick, pointed bill; short neck; chunky body and long, rounded tail. Males have jet-black upperparts and throat while their wings and back are spotted bright white. The flanks ...

DEAR JOAN: This will be the fourth spring during which I get a visit from a spotted towhee. I’ve already heard and seen him. I feel sure it is the same one. He mostly sits in a Japanese maple tree and ...

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 ...

The usual suspects were consuming the black-oiled sunflower seeds in the bird feeder and scattered on the deck railing, as well as working the suet block. The dependable nuthatches, juncos and ...

Spotted towhees have a thick, pointed bill, short neck, chunky body, and long, rounded tail. Males have jet-black upperparts and throat while their wings and back are spotted bright white. The flanks ...