"Common and widespread; the ubiquitous sparrow of cities, towns, parking lots, and farms. Introduced from Europe in the mid-1800's ... Stocky, short-tailed, and large-headed, with blunt-tipped bill. Male strikingly patterned: black throat and lores, mostly rufous upperparts, and one broad white wing-bar." (David Allen Sibley's The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, p. 407.)

This is another view.

"Locally abundant resident in urban areas across the state. House Sparrows are common to locally rare in rural areas."(Mark W. Lockwood & Brush Freeman's The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, p. 220.)

First seen: November 23, 2013.

Reappeared: February 26, 2016.

This contrasts the House Sparrow with the superficiously similar Harris's Sparrow, the only other similar sparrow in the area.