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 ...

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 toward ...

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 ...

Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina, photographed at Bear Creek Park, Houston, Texas, USA. Image: Joseph Kennedy, 22 January 2011 [velociraptorize]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera ...

Sparrows are a difficult group nicknamed LBJs, aka little brown jobs. Most are indeed small and brown and look similar. A closer inspection with binoculars reveals key features to secure the ID. The ...

Cabbagetown’s Chipping Sparrow Lane, near River St. and Gerrard St. E., is named after a type of bird found throughout the area. The Chipping Sparrow, in turn, gets its name from its high-pitched ...