It was a fox sparrow.Roughly 25 species of sparrows visit Illinois some […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 68°F. Saturday, March 29th 2025 Home Page. Subscriber Services.

E ven a short visit from a fox sparrow — and that’s all we get most of the time — is a reason for birders to rejoice. These large sparrows are notable for their beautiful chestnut color (at ...

The fox sparrow is among the largest of North American sparrows, and that alone draws attention. 3 months/99¢ a month SUBSCRIBE NOW Show Search. Clear Search Query Submit Search.

Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Co. THE FOX SPARROW should start to pass through Central New York from the Southern states any day now on its way to nest far to the north. This handsome bird is the ...

Lincoln’s sparrows are the more elegant cousins to the streaky song sparrows of Bay Area wetlands. The next of our “less common” winter sparrows is the fox sparrow, the largest sparrow in ...

Fox Sparrow. Fox sparrows are slightly less common visitors at seed piles. This photo was taken in the Eastern U.S. but if ...

A discussion six years ago at the Puget Sound Birding Festival brought Cindy Easterson into the bird-banding community.

Below is a leucistic Fox Sparrow, a bird with abnormal plumage. Leucism is caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the bird from developing normal plumage by restricting placement of melanin ...

Red Fox and Swamp Sparrow. By Spencer Klaw, Rex Lardner, and Brendan Gill. December 31, 1948. Save this story. Save this story. The New Yorker, January 8, 1949 P. 19. Stanley talk story ...