House sparrows were brought to the United States to devour crop-damaging insects. In the mid-1850s, 100 house sparrows were released in New York City.

An invasive problem bird is the English sparrow, aka the house sparrow, which is not even a true sparrow, or what we call a native sparrow.

THE ENGLISH SPARROW. Share full article. Dec. 28, 1885. ... It is hard for a lover of birds to approach the "sparrow question." Sparrows are found to do more harm than snakes or tigers.

an unmitigated nuisance; the english sparrow a very bad bird. the agricultural department thinks it is time to exterminate him as a pest.

The English sparrow or house sparrow, so common across the country, including Spokane, is a non-native bird brought here from Great Britain in the 1850s.

FORT SILL, Okla., Feb. 25, 2016 -- There are two types of black-bibbed sparrows on Fort Sill right now, one being native, and the other an unwelcome immigrant. To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is ...

Of particular interest to me is the house or English sparrow. I have learned to appreciate the striking plumage males display during the breeding season: gray crowns with chestnut borders, ...

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 Whether you adore or ...