A House Sparrow building a neat round nest in a tree is an odd and seldom-seen sight. Recently, in western North Dakota I watched a male House Sparrow busily constructing a round grass nest in the ...

In the early part of April, there were sometimes two dozen mallards on my mostly icy home pond. There was one male who was not fully “dressed’” —while all the other males in the group had long since ...

In the summer, the tree sparrow nests on the ground in Alaska and across northern Canada, including much of the brushy territory around Hudson Bay and north across the tundra to where the ice begins.

A white-browed sparrow weaver inspects a roost under construction, after just receiving some grass brought by another member of its group. (Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos) Neighboring groups of birds ...

With cold weather approaching quickly, we are on the lookout for the American Tree Sparrow, Spizelloides arborea. They will soon be arriving from their summer breeding grounds in the far northern ...

RYEDALE farmers are being asked to add their support to a campaign to boost the tree sparrow population. Ryedale District Council has a supply of tree sparrow boxes which are available free-of-charge ...

When snow falls upon my yard in good amounts, I look for hardy winter birds just 5.5 inches long and weighing about as much as a slice of bread to appear beneath my feeders. They’re called American ...

Four of our sparrow species are noted for having a red cap, as the reddish crown-patch on top of their heads is called, at least in breeding season plumage. These red-caps aren’t bright red, like a ...

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...