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.

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

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." ...

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 ...

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.

A bird-related argument is raging at our house – and probably at homes all over the Inland Northwest. One person in our house believes that if she doesn’t keep the bird-feeder full at all ...

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.

Judging from reader email, house sparrows are a bane for backyard bird-watchers because... House sparrows prove to be ever-adaptable visitors MySA Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

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 ...