From crosswords to conservation, enjoy a recap of the Times birding project. By The New York Times Starting in the spring, we invited readers to gather observations about the birds around them and ...

The house sparrow is about 15 centimeters long and weighs about 25–35 grams. It has brown and black striped upperparts and gray undersides. The male has a black throat patch and gray skullcap, while ...

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 ...