What Does a House Sparrow Look Like? The male house sparrow has a gray and rusty crown with pale cheeks and a black bib. Reader Patrice Iacovoni of Waterford, Michigan, shared a photo of a female ...

The house sparrow's Latin name is Passer domesticus. Passer is Latin for sparrow. Domesticus is you in your house and yard — domesticated. If you can't find people at a particular location you're ...

The most common bird I see around my town is probably the House Sparrow. This little bird is quite cute and I like watching them flit around and interact with one another… even despite knowing that ...

Since I first started putting up bluebird nesting boxes back in 2016, I have had to think about a much less-beloved bird, the house sparrow, that also loves nesting in these boxes. House sparrows are ...

Today, Brooklyn Bird Watch features the House Sparrow. So far Brooklyn Bird Watch has featured several species of Sparrow, including the Fox Sparrow, the White Throated Sparrow, and the Song Sparrow, ...

When I first began bird watching (“birding”) in Washington State, I quickly learned that some birds are more equal than others. Some, like the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, are alien invasive ...