A chipping sparrow has built a nest in one of the Ponderosa pine trees I planted when we moved to our place west of Gilby, N.D. The work was probably done by the female. The female also tends the nest ...

The idea was simple: Finding myself without a candidate for bird of the week, I figured I’d step outside and then write about the first species I saw. I admit that I cheated by going out the garage ...

We moved back to Maine a little over two years ago and one of the most fun things about the move for me has been starting a journal chronicling changes in nature as the year progresses. So now I am ...

The tiny chipping sparrow is identified by its "clean" white breast and the rusty cap of feathers on its head. Also note the pink legs of this species, which are so slender that they appear to be ...

A new study of territorial songs used by chipping sparrows to defend their turf reveals that males sometimes will form a "dear enemy" alliance with a weaker neighbor to prevent a stronger rival from ...

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 ...

Easily identified by its clear gray breast and cinnamon cap with black eye stripe, the chipping sparrow is so small that it may go unnoticed altogether. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Sign up for the ...

The Chipping Sparrow has a reddish crown with a white line then black line below, a unique head pattern shared by no other sparrow. Sparrows are a difficult group nicknamed LBJs, aka little brown jobs ...

Happy Earth Day! In our troubled times, fraught with all manner of chaotic maneuvers at the hands of our national leaders, one can start to feel desperate for anything that might point towards ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Sitting on my deck in Albany, one of the most common birds I see in the ...