One of the most common birds in urban areas is the house sparrow, which is not technically a sparrow in the ornithological sense, but a weaver finch. They are a bird that originated in Eurasia, and ...

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 ...

Most birds have distinct calls that tend to stay the same. It’s how birders can recognize a species without seeing it. But new research shows these tunes can change. Over the course of two decades, ...

Looking for birding opportunities close to home? Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, ...

One of the world’s most esoteric societies was in crisis. For centuries it had successfully evaded persecution, morality and progress. It had ignored Popes and laughed in the face of emperors. But at ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Sparrow Hospital is holding a discussion Monday to discuss its brand new in-house monkeypox test. Sparrow Health System is stepping up testing as the White House has declared ...

Declare you saw a sparrow, and most people invoke an image of a small, dull, brown bird. But tell that to an experienced birder, and he or she will ask, "Which species of sparrow did you see?" In ...

PITTSFIELD — Marcia Cohen received her first doll as a gift from her father when she was a child. It spawned an interest in doll collecting that for her has never waned. "I've been buying and selling ...

Why do we see cardinals at our feeders at early and late? Why do some sparrows prefer to feed in the shade? First, the male's red plumage is bright and distinct in daylight, but looks darker in dim ...

As dawn breaks on a misty Welsh morning, the earliest birds to break into song are likely to include European robins, followed by blackbirds and song thrushes and then a plethora of other species as ...

A fire broke out in Lviv as a result of night shelling on the territory of the Sparrow industrial park. This was reported by the mayor of the city, Andrii Sadovyi, in Telegram. "The Sparrow industrial ...