le moineau in English:

We watched a sparrow hopping around on the ice, trying to find a clear spot to get to the soil beneath.

I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

There are always some sparrows on my window sill

The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.

Not a single sparrow was to be heard.

A sparrow is very alert in its movements.