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 tiny Cape Sable seaside sparrow, a bird perilously perched on the edge of extinction, is getting closer to vanishing. Helicopter surveys this year, over grassy prairies where the bird lives in ...

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 ...

Song remixes can be polarizing — but sometimes there's no debating that a solid remix is better than the original. This especially applies to a particular bird call that rapidly — and prior to new ...

Over 20 years, scientists tracked the transformation of the traditional trill of a common bird from western Canada to Ontario. By Cara Giaimo Even if you’re not a bird person, you probably know the ...

Owners of bluebird boxes are being reminded to monitor them regularly as the nesting season is now in full flow. The boxes are frequently taken over by house sparrows, which are known to attack ...

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