The White-throated Sparrow—with its distinctive black, white, and yellow head markings and sweet, whistled song—offers a ...

Some North American birds are changing their tune. The findings fly in the face of previous hypotheses that birdsong dialects don’t change much within local regions. The rapid spread of the new song ...

Detective work by scientists analyzing 20 years of bird-watchers’ private audio recordings of white-throated sparrow songs revealed that a unique variant that popped up in western Canada has ‘gone ...

Spherical White-throated Sparrow took the prize at Wisconsin Fat Bird Week. The contest was organized by the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and SOS Save Our Songbirds. A funny, punny event, ...

The event, held from May 2-9, was a bracket-style tournament similar to March Madness. The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and SOS Save Our Songbirds hosted the event. MADISON, Wis. -- A new ...

Bird lovers have spoken, and the official champion of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025 is Spherical White-throated Sparrow. Online voting in the contest was held from May 2 through May 9. Voters chose ...