In early March, birds that have been gone all winter begin appearing at my feeder. One of the earliest of these spring ...

April is known for many happenings. It is the month of warming temperatures that lead to thawing. (With a deep snowpack, this could cause flooding.) But it also is the month when we see many migrant ...

No matter how you translate this sparrow’s song, it’s a sweet and welcome addition to the spring aural landscape. The white-throated sparrow also has a close relative that is a little less common. The ...

I was out back early this morning, drinking coffee and recording the morning chorus of bird songs with Merlin, the Cornell Lab birding App. There is a feature in Merlin called Sound ID that listens to ...

Koni Sundquist of Duluth called Thursday to say she had heard her first white-throated sparrow call of the season. For many, that pure, high-pitched call -- "Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody" -- is ...

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Robin and fox sparrows arrive in the first few days of April. If the weather is extra nice, they may push things and come back a few days early in late March. The first spring robin is a bit of a ...

It’s easy to lump all sparrow bird types together: “Yep, looks like a sparrow to me.” You can find at least 33 species of native sparrows across the country. And while their plumage won’t sweep you ...

MILWAUKEE - One of Wisconsin's smallest and toughest birds just so happens to also be one of our first signs of spring. In January, a noticeable new sound can be heard across forests, neighborhoods ...