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Florida’s Brevard Zoo has welcomed a clutch of grasshopper sparrows, which the zoo said will help boost the species’ critically endangered population. CNN values your feedback 1.
Brian Evans, an ornithologist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, puts identifying bands on a house sparrow during a demonstration Saturday.
Zoo teams transformed the yards outside the Bird House into a thriving, wildflower-filled garden that attracts birds and ...
Though house sparrow numbers in the United States are down — to 80 million today, from 400 million in 1966 — they are still one of our most common birds, and we’ve had an explosion of them ...
House sparrows are an invasive species, introduced from England in 1850 to help control both an outbreak of a native elm ...
House sparrows can be found in California's Death Valley, other passer species on Asian mountain peaks topping 13,000 feet. Most of these species are gregarious and will form large flocks.
Despite their cute appearance, house sparrows are invasive and can cause more harm than good. Here's what to do to keep them away from your birdhouses.
A house sparrow that has taken up residence in a commercial barn in Fairbanks pecks at sunflower husks on Nov. 24. Fairbanks birdwatchers braved temperatures well below zero this month for the ...