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.

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.

House sparrows, also called English sparrows, are not often spotted in wild environments... House sparrows have always been expert adapters Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Ellison tells the history of the house sparrow, , from 1853 to present ... "Without question the most deplorable event in the history of ornithology was the introduction of the English sparrows." ...

The English or house sparrow, like the starling, is now among the most common North American birds. It was apparently introduced into the U.S. by a nostalgic Englishman named Nicolas Pike in 1850.

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.

House sparrows love to build nests and rear their young in the nooks and crannies of structures built by human hands. ... Of particular interest to me is the house or English sparrow.