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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 ...

REDDING, Calif. -- Uninvited guests took a new meaning for a northern California couple who returned home from a trip to find hundreds of birds inside their home. The couple told KRCR-TV a swarm of ...

House sparrows drive me crazy. They crowd around bird feeders, suet cakes and bark butter while forcing birds like chickadees to wait in line to get nourishment. When I place mealworms in feeding ...

The diminutive house sparrow stands just five inches tall and weighs only an ounce or two. The noisy little birds, known for their shrill chirp, certainly aren’t imposing when spotted at feeders or ...

It’s almost impossible to realize I once said that when I saw my first house sparrow. Back then, this introduced species was known as the English sparrow. That first visit was sometime in the ’60s.

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 ...