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 ...
What Does a House Sparrow Look Like? The male house sparrow has a gray and rusty crown with pale cheeks and a black bib. Reader Patrice Iacovoni of Waterford, Michigan, shared a photo of a female ...
The house sparrow is a highly invasive pest in North Carolina, and bluebird enthusiasts frequently throw their eggs out and remove their nests to keep them from overtaking the nestboxes that bluebirds ...