House sparrows, those little chestnut and brown birds with the cheery chirruping song, may be found in cities and countryside alike, but their numbers have dwindled by a whopping 60% in the past 45 ...

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 ...

Nesting season has started for bluebirds, and house sparrows often find bluebird boxes a most desirable nursery. That’s a problem. House sparrows can drive bluebirds out of man-made or natural nest ...

When I became interested in bluebirds and met bluebird aficionados, I quickly learned that house sparrows are regarded as feathered devils. House sparrows usually are city birds or country birds, one ...

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 ...

“OH, THAT’S A pretty little bird! I wonder what it is.” 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 ...

We put up some bluebird houses around our field last spring. Chickadees promptly moved in only to be displaced this year by house sparrows - no bluebirds yet! This past weekend I spent part of a sunny ...