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

Sparrows are a difficult group nicknamed LBJs, aka little brown jobs. Most are indeed small and brown and look similar. A closer inspection with binoculars reveals key features to secure the ID. The ...

Once north winds blow birds from their Canadian and Arctic breeding grounds into more southerly climes to spend their winter, white-throated sparrows tend to populate most area yards. Attractive ...

This sparrow (mono­­typic genus) feeds on bare or sandy ground. When flushed, it flies to a high perch. Few other sparrows are likely to fly high overhead during daylight. They call both when flushing ...

Silent deaths likely undetectable to the human eye, saltmarsh sparrow chicks are drowning along Rhode Island's coast as high tides become higher. Nests of the bobolink — black and white songbirds with ...

The tiny Cape Sable seaside sparrow, a bird perilously perched on the edge of extinction, is getting closer to vanishing. Helicopter surveys this year, over grassy prairies where the bird lives in ...