The most common bird I see around my town is probably the House Sparrow. This little bird is quite cute and I like watching them flit around and interact with one another… even despite knowing that ...

Think telling sparrows apart is just not worth the effort? Our tips might change your mind. Identify sparrows by habitat, ...

House sparrows – those little brown and gray birds that flash mob the bird feeder – are common and easy to see. They’re quarrelsome, noisy, and when they’re on the ground, they move in vigorous hops ...

When I became interested in bluebirds and met bluebird aficionados, I quickly learned that house sparrows are regarded as feathered devils. House sparrows usually are city birds or country birds, one ...

Since I first started putting up bluebird nesting boxes back in 2016, I have had to think about a much less-beloved bird, the house sparrow, that also loves nesting in these boxes. House sparrows are ...

Whether you adore or despise them, house sparrows are here to stay, honored recently by a gigantic sculpture, The Birds, by Myfanwy MacLeod installed in Vancouver, British Columbia after the 2010 ...

When she joined our family last September, I thought it would be a good idea to feed the birds hulled sunflower seeds so that there wouldn’t be hulls under the feeder for her to chew.

No, I didn’t think so. “Dislike,” or something stronger, usually expresses people’s feelings about the ubiquitous little brown birds. They invade purple martin houses, take over bluebird boxes, crowd ...

When I first began bird watching (“birding”) in Washington State, I quickly learned that some birds are more equal than others. Some, like the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, are alien invasive ...