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 ...

UK households are being encouraged to act if they spot sparrows in their gardens. House sparrows, one of the most frequently seen birds in UK gardens and outdoor spaces, have experienced a "drastic" ...

12:59, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 Updated: 13:37, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 UK gardeners with house sparrows flitting through their foliage are being urged to take immediate, crucial action in the face of a staggering ...

Lest there be any confusion, the cheery and sociable house sparrow is not a native of North America nor a relative of our native sparrows like the American tree sparrow that visits winter feeding ...

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 ...

In Marin, we have a greater variety and abundance of birds in winter than in summer. Now is the time to see big flocks of shorebirds, our maximum diversity of ducks and a wide selection of raptor ...

“Predictably Philandering Females Prompt Poor Paternal Provisioning”—that’s the name of a recent report on infidelity in house sparrows. The paper was published in The American Naturalist. Monogamy ...

Passer domesticus is one of the most common animals in the world. It is found throughout Northern Africa, Europe, the Americas and much of Asia and is almost certainly more abundant than humans. David ...

Joel Williams, a casual bird watcher, settles in at Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, off Old Wiederstein Road in Cibolo, where fluttering wings and chirping are the only sounds heard in the early part of ...