It’s easy to lump all sparrow bird types together: “Yep, looks like a sparrow to me.” You can find at least 33 species of native sparrows across the country. And while their plumage won’t sweep you ...

The Outside Story features song sparrows, brown-backed birds who are the most widespread and abundant North American sparrow.

As the below-zero temperatures continue in northern Illinois, I rejoice when each morning a fox sparrow pecks on the ground for fallen thistle seed or when a red-breasted nuthatch grabs a sunflower ...