Many familiar birds of the urban environments represent species that were introduced from outside of North America. In Iowa, these include rock pigeon, European starling and house sparrow, which was ...

One of the most common sparrows, the house sparrow has a charming mix of brown, black, and white feathers. Males have a distinctive grey crown, while females are more subtly coloured. This beautiful ...

Vendors at baseball parks used to hawk their wares with these words, "Buy your scorecards here. You can't tell the players without a scorecard." That's an appropriate approach to identifying the ...

One of the most common birds in urban areas is the house sparrow, which is not technically a sparrow in the ornithological sense, but a weaver finch. They are a bird that originated in Eurasia, and ...