A chipping sparrow perches on a caged bird feeder. This individual is in nonbreeding plumage. Note that it has a rather ...

The cheery and sociable house sparrow is more closely associated with humans than any other widely established North American exotic. Introduced to New York City in 1851, the species today ...

Most of the time when I mention sparrows, birders think mostly about the non-native house sparrows and the ... thirds of the United States and all of Canada during the winter months.

What do you think of when you hear the word “sparrow?” If someone had asked me this as a child, I would have said it’s a ...