We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny protective cover. I don’t particularly begrudge the house sparrows their ...

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With their numbers dwindling, experts share top tips for attracting house sparrows to your garden and helping them thrive.

As I write this column I am feeling quite under the weather. The flu has come to town and it has me in its grip. I haven’t left the house in days and all I want to do is sleep. That being said, I am ...

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 ...

A pair of eastern bluebirds began building a nest about four weeks ago in one of the two bluebird boxes in our backyard. They’ve nested every spring, going back nine years when my wife and I installed ...

Owners of bluebird boxes are being reminded to monitor them regularly as the nesting season is now in full flow. The boxes are frequently taken over by house sparrows, which are known to attack ...

Ashok Tevani from Nagpur has created over 2,725 sparrow nests using discarded wedding invitation cards. Since 2014, the ...