A white-crowned sparrow alights on Thursday on a plant on the bluffs above the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz. Depending on the season, this sparrow can be found throughout most of ...

Other songbirds change up their tunes based on what locals are doing: White-crowned sparrows will combine elements of several different songs in different ways depending on where they are.

If you like watching, reading, or learning about pretty, colorful birds, you're not alone. But it turns out that love for the ...

Many species prefer to feed on the ground and will take care of any spilled seed. White-crowned sparrows (our most common wintering sparrow), the resident California towhees, and mourning doves are ...

White-crowned sparrows will make brief stops in your yard during the spring, most commonly in May, before moving north to the boreal forest for summer. And shorebirds are already starting to hit ...

Explore the magic of birding Birmingham this spring, a city rich in culture, nature, and the stunning diversity of local birdlife.

Spring is about a lot of things. The trees are blooming, lawns are getting greener, and… most excitedly… the birds are returning. Every year, ...

house sparrows, mourning doves, white-crowned sparrows, blue jays, grackles, and starlings I saw during my ten weeks of testing. I say for the most part because it frequently identified a ...

The coast of Tuscany—once considered wild and remote—remains an insider secret. Lee Marshall finds the good life on this ...