For several reasons, swamp sparrows didn’t fit into the first two parts of this series, and European house sparrows really don’t belong on this continent, even though they have been here since the ...

In Marin, we have a greater variety and abundance of birds in winter than in summer. Now is the time to see big flocks of shorebirds, our maximum diversity of ducks and a wide selection of raptor ...

Nowadays as I take my morning walk I see and hear many different sparrows. Those species breeding are relatively easy to see, though some, unlike good children, are heard but not seen. Song sparrows ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...