Next time you spot a sparrow with a cigarette butt in its beak, it's not a demonstration of the ‘Thug Life' meme or .

A bird beak is the most important resource it has, and every species has one solely designed for survival. Birds use beaks for just about everything: building nests, feeding their young ...

Approach the bird from the left commissure of the beak and enter the oral cavity with ... but a small, young sparrow should be fed every 2–3 hours. The most common complication is regurgitation ...

The song of the chingolo can be heard across South America. But young songbirds were no longer learning the tunes of their ...