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.

Winter in the Rockies reduces the number and diversity of birds. We do get an influx of four junco subspecies: pink-sided, Oregon, slate-colored and white-winged. They winter in our area, far away ...

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As I write this column I am looking out my office window at a world that is enduring its first winter storm of the season. Back in October, we saw the first flakes of snow, but that wasn’t really ...

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 ...

Lest there be any confusion, the cheery and sociable house sparrow is not a native of North America nor a relative of our native sparrows like the American tree sparrow that visits winter feeding ...

American Tree Sparrows typically live in northern forests and visit feeders only in winter across southern Canada and Northern united States. Many times, they will scratch for millet underneath ...

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 ...

The most remarkable bird for the recent Reading Christmas Bird Count is one that didn’t show up. Since the Reading count started in 1911, only three bird species have been seen during every Reading ...

Many familiar birds of the urban environments represent species that were introduced from outside of North America. In Iowa, these include rock pigeon, European starling and house sparrow, which was ...

Bird lovers dressed up and took to the stage to mimic rhythmic calls in a competition aimed at promoting conservation ...