Sparrows are difficult to identify, but the black and white zebra-stripe pattern on the head of the White-crowned Sparrow eases the difficulty. (Wolfgang Wander ...

What Does a Savannah Sparrow Look Like? Like many other sparrows, the savannah sparrow’s predominant color is brown — but that doesn’t make it boring! Featuring a whitish breast and a brown back and ...

The Peterson (Roger Tory) Reference Guide series of bird identification books continues with another fine ID assist, perhaps the most-needed of recent issues. Latest in this series deals with North ...

Summer is a good time to discuss sparrow identification, particularly concerning streaked-breast sparrows. As June rolls around, about the only streaked-breast sparrows or sparrow look-alikes in your ...

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 ...

Sparrows are difficult to identify, but the black and white zebra-stripe pattern on the head of the white-crowned sparrow eases the difficulty. White-crowned sparrows like to breed near treeline in ...