With some 20 species of sparrows inhabiting Georgia at least part of the year, and with many of them having similar brown plumages, the small birds can be a headache to identify. I’ve taken classes in ...

Alas, however, the chipping sparrow is not always cooperative enough to allow a close inspection, and many chipping sparrow sightings must be logged as "sparrow species" or "little brown job." Ah! But ...

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 ...

Don't shrink in fear. Zonotricia is a group of closely related sparrows-a genus, in science-speak. The Latin name refers to the pattern on their heads. Just pronounce the word the way it's written, Zo ...

Multiple types of birds at a bird feeder - Nitr/Shutterstock Having a bird feeder in your backyard can indeed be a rewarding experience. There are many things you should be looking for in a bird ...

LES WINKELER For the Southern Nov 10, 2023 Nov 10, 2023 Vendors at baseball parks used to hawk their wares with these words, “Buy your scorecards here. You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.” ...

The most common bird I see around my town is probably the House Sparrow. This little bird is quite cute and I like watching them flit around and interact with one another… even despite knowing that ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Funding constraints highlight the need for efficient approaches to manage wildlife habitat. One such approach is to monitor a single species ...

The tiny Cape Sable seaside sparrow, a bird perilously perched on the edge of extinction, is getting closer to vanishing. Helicopter surveys this year, over grassy prairies where the bird lives in ...

Silent deaths likely undetectable to the human eye, saltmarsh sparrow chicks are drowning along Rhode Island's coast as high tides become higher. Nests of the bobolink — black and white songbirds with ...