Chippers provide a starting place to identify sparrows The chipping sparrow is a bird you may have seen. It is a small bird, to be sure, but it lives in close proximity to us humans. Nor is it ...

A new study of territorial songs used by chipping sparrows to defend their turf reveals that males sometimes will form a "dear enemy" alliance with a weaker neighbor to prevent a stronger rival from ...

The idea was simple: Finding myself without a candidate for bird of the week, I figured I’d step outside and then write about the first species I saw. I admit that I cheated by going out the garage ...

Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina, photographed at Bear Creek Park, Houston, Texas, USA. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 January 2011 [velociraptorize]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera ...

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 ...

Sparrows are a difficult group nicknamed LBJs, aka little brown jobs. Most are indeed small and brown and look similar. A closer inspection with binoculars reveals key features to secure the ID. The ...

Happy Earth Day! In our troubled times, fraught with all manner of chaotic maneuvers at the hands of our national leaders, one can start to feel desperate for anything that might point towards ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Sitting on my deck in Albany, one of the most common birds I see in the ...

Clay-colored sparrow, Spizella pallida (protonym, Emberiza pallida), Swainson, 1832, also known as the clay-colored chipping sparrow, photographed on the Katy Prairie Conservancy, Houston, Texas.

We moved back to Maine a little over two years ago and one of the most fun things about the move for me has been starting a journal chronicling changes in nature as the year progresses. So now I am ...

This Chipping Sparrow — a rare visitor to Bermuda — was spotted this morning [Apr. 14] while the Bermuda Audubon Society checked bluebird nest boxes at Government House. Described as a “crisp, pretty ...