Courtesy of Cornell Laboratory of OrthnithologyIDENTIFY the American tree sparrow by the following marks: a brownish-red crown and a dark spot on the breast; a bill that is dark above and ...

Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Co. THE AMERICAN TREE SPARROW has a red-brown cap and a black spot on the breast. The bill is dark above and yellow below. It has two whitish wing bars. This was ...

Both European starling and house sparrow have ties with New York City. Dozens of starlings were introduced into Central Park in the 1890s by Shakespeare enthusiasts.

House sparrows came to this country in cages opened upon arrival in New York City in 1852. Another passer family member, the Eurasian tree sparrow, was introduced in St. Louis a few years later.

The American tree sparrow and some really cool ducks will be leaving soon. The spring bird migration is really ramping up, as we’re hearing an audible increase in blackbirds and seeing waterways ...

The tree sparrow wears a rusty cap, and sports a black stickpin in the center of its breast. A pair of white bars stripe its wings, and its bicolored bill is yellow below, black above.

In such places, I was surprised to find that the Russet Sparrow nests in human-made structures, in a manner similar to the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. There are woodlands on both sides of the slopes, but ...

American Tree Sparrows typically live in northern forests and visit feeders only in winter across southern Canada and Northern united States.

The Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus is one of the most familiar birds to Japanese people, and has been heavily involved with our lives ever since our ancestors started cultivating rice. However, ...