Multiple types of birds at a bird feeder - Nitr/Shutterstock Having a bird feeder in your backyard can indeed be a rewarding experience. There are many things you should be looking for in a bird ...

For animals exploring new territory, taking risks is key to survival. But eating unfamiliar foods can be dicey, since they might contain new pathogens and parasites. One avian immune system, however, ...

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 ...

They missed their friendly little house sparrows; so friendly, that some were pets. People recalled their proclivity for eating insects, especially caterpillars, hence the belief that it would be ...

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 ...

The house sparrow's Latin name is Passer domesticus. Passer is Latin for sparrow. Domesticus is you in your house and yard — domesticated. If you can't find people at a particular location you're ...

Backyard birds may seem ordinary, but there's more than meets the eye. Our database shows you the top ten birds in your state ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

To birders, October means most of the colorful, migratory warblers have settled in, or are still heading someplace farther south for winter. Their primary food source, insects, is nearly gone in ...

A photo of three house sparrows (also known as English sparrows) eating from a West Fargo bird feeder on Page E6 of Saturday's Forum misidentified the birds as house finches. [email protected] ...

“You call them thieves and pillager; but know They are, the winged wardens of your farms, Who from the cornfields drive the insidious foe, And from your harvests keep a hundred harms : Crushing the ...