From the cascading notes in the house wren’s humble song to the melodic sound of finches and sparrows, songbirds bring joy to backyards everywhere. Still, these lovely tunes that welcome each day like ...

One bird everyone can count on seeing annually is the house sparrow, also called the English sparrow. The bird's name is a misnomer because it doesn't live in houses (although it will nest in boxes if ...

I had never heard the term before, but knew exactly what she meant: small sparrows and sparrow-like birds all brown and stripey, quick to fly, skulk or just sit shyly just out of sight. Eventually one ...

It’s easy to lump all sparrow bird types together: “Yep, looks like a sparrow to me.” You can find at least 33 species of native sparrows across the country. And while their plumage won’t sweep you ...

House sparrows are everywhere, it seems. Snacking on discarded food in the streets of the world’s cities and towns, popping up around seed spills on farmlands, and nesting in the eaves of our ...

One of the most common birds in urban areas is the house sparrow, which is not technically a sparrow in the ornithological sense, but a weaver finch. They are a bird that originated in Eurasia, and ...