The Peterson (Roger Tory) Reference Guide series of bird identification books continues with another fine ID assist, perhaps the most-needed of recent issues. Latest in this series deals with North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. taken in spring in my Flower Garden Taken with Nikon 5200 it sits on this peace of wood and sings everyday for a few ...

Four of our sparrow species are noted for having a red cap, as the reddish crown-patch on top of their heads is called, at least in breeding season plumage. These red-caps aren’t bright red, like a ...

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 ...

GRAND FORKS – A catastrophe occurred last week: I lost my binoculars. I’d had them for a long time, so long that they seemed to have become a part of my body, almost. I was seldom outside without them ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. With the passing of peak fall warbler migration comes yet another exciting time - fall sparrow migration ...

KIAWAH ISLAND — Aaron Given trudged through frigid, ankle-high water as dawn climbed lazily over the eastern horizon, tinting the salt marshes golden-red as it bloomed. The sun offered little warmth ...

The usual suspects at the home seed feeder don’t change much until autumn arrives and migrant species begin to arrive to escape the chill of northern climates. As I watched the usual gathering of ...

The Bactrianus sparrow, which is confined to the Middle East and to the Central Asian steppes, is currently classified as a house sparrow subspecies (although some authorities think it’s a separate ...

Think telling sparrows apart is just not worth the effort? Our tips might change your mind. Identify sparrows by habitat, ...