One of the most common sparrows in North America has a history that’s far more interesting than many people realize. The house sparrow is among the most frequently seen birds throughout much of the ...

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 ...

What Does a House Sparrow Look Like? The male house sparrow has a gray and rusty crown with pale cheeks and a black bib. Reader Patrice Iacovoni of Waterford, Michigan, shared a photo of a female ...

Judging from reader email, house sparrows are a bane for backyard bird-watchers because the little birds crowd out songbirds, such as chickadees and titmice. It's certainly the case at our house, ...

The first sight of the new dawn rolls in with almost evocative sceneries. The morning dew sits fresh on the leaves. The ...

DEAR JOAN: I would like to provide some additional thoughts about the writer’s comments you published on recently on house sparrows and millet. While it is known that house sparrows might attack nests ...

I doubt any species in this country is more overlooked than the house sparrow. In fact, they are actively despised by many because they are an exotic, invasive species. What’s more, they can bomb your ...

A wildly successful invasive species like the European house sparrow appears to be suffering under ongoing environmental declines, according to new research by Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientists. A ...

We put up some bluebird houses around our field last spring. Chickadees promptly moved in only to be displaced this year by house sparrows - no bluebirds yet! This past weekend I spent part of a sunny ...

A friend has been after me to condemn house sparrows in a column. "Are you out of your ever-loving ..." was my thought, but I said, "What would I have against those cute little critters splashing in ...

DEAR JOAN: I would like to provide some additional thoughts about the writer’s comments you published recently on house sparrows and millet. While it is known that house sparrows might attack nests ...