Jerry and Penny Shnay hang a gourd in their backyard for a wren to build a nest, but this year a house sparrow took residence ...

Our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds. These include a family of robins nesting atop a rain gutter, ...

Yet the damage this species can inflict on songbird populations is widespread as it targets around 220 different species of songbirds with one female ... house sparrows are one of only three bird ...

In late April, a male yellow-rumped warbler began coming regularly to my deck, visiting the feeders. He picks off mouthfuls of peanut butter, one after another, sometimes several times a day. Usually ...

Like many female birds, the female house sparrow is dull and cryptically colored. In fact, she is downright dirty-looking. Her dingy plumage below contrasts with pale buff, brown and black ...

Some birds species are also predators, like blue jays, crows, starlings, and house sparrows, all of which raid nests. When house sparrows killed a female bluebird on her nest and pecked the life ...

According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such as gliding, soaring, hovering or flapping in the most effective ways. The ...

A quail taking flight is somewhat like a rock with a bad set of wings as these pudgy birds ... house wrens has begun. There is a wren nest box outside of our window, equipped with a camera that allows ...