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 ...
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 ...
A new study conducted by researchers who used geolocators to track birds migration journey, shows that migration flyways and winter destinations of sparrows are unique to each bird. A new paper in the ...
Birders will be looking for many "little brown jobs" this month, including the clay-colored sparrow. Late October is prime time for seeking what birders call LBJs (little brown jobs). This is a term ...
Lesser numbers of song, white-crowned and white-throated sparrows joined in the bustle of activity. A solitary male bobolink in yellow fall plumage also made a brief appearance before diving out of ...
THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER normally signals an annual invasion in New Jersey. Who are these mysterious invaders? None other than sparrows — and lots of them. Sparrows constitute a substantial percentage of ...
A new paper by Dr. Jeremy Ross from the University of Oklahoma describes the use of tiny devices strapped to birds' backs called geolocators, which capture the individual migration routes of lark ...
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