Sparrows

Identification

• Small birds

• Mostly brown with grey tones on the underside; males are more vividly marked with black and white during certain times of the year

• Very common in rural or urban areas

Environment

• Build nests anywhere they find suitable, outdoors or indoors like in a warehouse or chimney

• Well adapted to living around humans

• Found throughout the US

Threats

• Eat agricultural products

• There is a potential for them to spread various diseases

• Displacing native birds

• Nests can be unsightly and inconvenient

Treatment

• Prevent nests from establishing

• Make the area unappealing by using decoys, spikes, and noise

• Treatment is difficult because of how successful these birds are in human environments