Learn what a fox sparrow looks like and where to find this bird. Also learn about the fox sparrow's favorite foods, song and nesting habits.

It was a fox sparrow.Roughly 25 species of sparrows visit Illinois some […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 68°F. Saturday, March 29th 2025 Home Page. Subscriber Services.

Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Co. THE FOX SPARROW should start to pass through Central New York from the Southern states any day now on its way to nest far to the north. This handsome bird is the ...

Lincoln’s sparrows are the more elegant cousins to the streaky song sparrows of Bay Area wetlands. The next of our “less common” winter sparrows is the fox sparrow, the largest sparrow in ...

The fox sparrow is among the largest of North American sparrows, and that alone draws attention. 3 months/99¢ a month SUBSCRIBE NOW Show Search. Clear Search Query Submit Search.

A discussion six years ago at the Puget Sound Birding Festival brought Cindy Easterson into the bird-banding community.

Below is a leucistic Fox Sparrow, a bird with abnormal plumage. Leucism is caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the bird from developing normal plumage by restricting placement of melanin ...

Dear Bird Folks, Please find the attached photo. It’s a Fox Sparrow, a new bird for my yard, and I’m super excited to see it. Is there any special food I can put out to keep it around for a while?

Red Fox and Swamp Sparrow. By Spencer Klaw, Rex Lardner, and Brendan Gill. December 31, 1948. Save this story. Save this story. The New Yorker, January 8, 1949 P. 19. Stanley talk story ...

A fox sparrow showed up in Grand Forks on the first day of fall. Dave Lambeth, dean of local birders, shared this happy news. Among birders, the fall migration of sparrows is as eagerly ...