Take a look at the sparrows in your field guide and you’ll note a bewildering array of near lookalike species. Only with a fair amount of study do these “little brown jobs” start to become easier to ...

I am guilty of a statement concerning a group of birds of our area. The statement is that these small birds are sometimes overlooked or ignored by observers (myself included) searching diligently for ...

This sparrow (mono­­typic genus) feeds on bare or sandy ground. When flushed, it flies to a high perch. Few other sparrows are likely to fly high overhead during daylight. They call both when flushing ...

This is the last in my series of articles on sparrows. I hope that you have enjoyed learning about the Dark-eyed Junco, Spotted Towhee, Clay-colored Sparrow and now the Lark Sparrow. I first observed ...