Sparrows

[Deleted member 48881]

Are they blind, like? One of them somehow sneaked into my kitchen earlier this morning, no idea how, opened the window but nah, she is so stressed, flying everywhere in the room, trying her way out but failing, fluttering and whatnot. I mean how can she not see or feel the fresh air in that situation, window is fully open like. Had to use various stuff to direct the route for her to the window. 5 minutes of work and she finally departed.

It is so scary btw being in the room with a wildish bird. And I really felt how scared she was.

 

[Nymzee]

No they're not blind. End of thread.

 

[summerisle]

Chirpy buggers.

Sparrow-pie | Haggard Hawks

(n.) a meat pie, supposed to spark intelligence Eagles are symbols of power, storks are symbols of procreation—but sparrows?

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[COYBL25]

Are they blind, like? One of them somehow sneaked into my kitchen earlier this morning, no idea how, opened the window but nah, she is so stressed, flying everywhere in the room, trying her way out but failing, fluttering and whatnot. I mean how can she not see or feel the fresh air in that situation, window is fully open like. Had to use various stuff to direct the route for her to the window. 5 minutes of work and she finally departed.

It is so scary btw being in the room with a wildish bird. And I really felt how scared she was.

Sadly, they`ve declined to the point that you hardly ever see them at all in most British cities now.

There`s three little colonies by me, just about clinging on.

They`re lovely little birds and it`s only when you see them elsewhere, that you realise what a loss they are to the urban environment.

 

[blue1948]

Sadly, they`ve declined to the point that you hardly ever see them at all in most British cities now.

There`s three little colonies by me, just about clinging on.

They`re lovely little birds and it`s only when you see them elsewhere, that you realise what a loss they are to the urban environment.

They are also quite prettily marked albeit in shades of brown , the male is quite a handsome chappie .

 

[blue1948]

Are they blind, like? One of them somehow sneaked into my kitchen earlier this morning, no idea how, opened the window but nah, she is so stressed, flying everywhere in the room, trying her way out but failing, fluttering and whatnot. I mean how can she not see or feel the fresh air in that situation, window is fully open like. Had to use various stuff to direct the route for her to the window. 5 minutes of work and she finally departed.

It is so scary btw being in the room with a wildish bird. And I really felt how scared she was.

They don't now what glass is so they fly through what appears to be a hole to find it is glass and then panic.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Sadly, they`ve declined to the point that you hardly ever see them at all in most British cities now.

There`s three little colonies by me, just about clinging on.

They`re lovely little birds and it`s only when you see them elsewhere, that you realise what a loss they are to the urban environment.

Didn’t know that!

There are hundreds of them in the hedges around me but it is country granted.

 

[COYBL25]

Didn’t know that!

There are hundreds of them in the hedges around me but it is country granted.

Almost gone from most cities in England mate.

The experts still aren’t sure why - lack of nest sites ( buildings too well maintained ) gardens getting flagged over / not enough food and pesticides amongst others, may be some of the reasons.

 

[wm02]

Very common in my area.
We actually had one get into the house while a babysitter was watching the kids.
Very traumatic for the bird and babysitter.
The kids loved the excitement of it all though ?

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Very common in my area.
We actually had one get into the house while a babysitter was watching the kids.
Very traumatic for the bird and babysitter.
The kids loved the excitement of it all though ?

Love them myself, just not indoor lol

 

[wm02]

Love them myself, just not indoor lol

That was the first and last time she babysat for us?

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Almost gone from most cities in England mate.

The experts still aren’t sure why - lack of nest sites ( buildings too well maintained ) gardens getting flagged over / not enough food and pesticides amongst others, may be some of the reasons.

Insect decline I thought was a major factor

Mystery of the vanishing sparrow

<i>The Independent </i>offered £5,000 for a convincing theory about why the house sparrow was dying out in cities. The answer seems to lie with falling insect numbers, reports Michael McCarthy

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Almost gone from most cities in England mate.

The experts still aren’t sure why - lack of nest sites ( buildings too well maintained ) gardens getting flagged over / not enough food and pesticides amongst others, may be some of the reasons.

Same across Western Europe it seems (Google told me)

Never occurred to me as I see so many. Their chattering in the hedges on a summer night is really loud until a stray football wallops it then complete silence.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

I am fortunate to live next to a colony of sparrows, they roost in a huge pine tree and I hang various feeders out for them. I am old enough to remember when you couldn't drive anywhere in the summer without loads of bug splats on the windscreen. Those insects have gone, the birds will be next unless we do more to provide for them.

A couple of times every summer one gets their navigation wrong and flies through the open balcony door and does a few quick laps around the living room before getting out again. Smashing little birds.

Starlings are koppites, mind.

 

[chrismpw]

Almost gone from most cities in England mate.

The experts still aren’t sure why - lack of nest sites ( buildings too well maintained ) gardens getting flagged over / not enough food and pesticides amongst others, may be some of the reasons.

One of my favourite birds.

I'm told that they never nest more than a handful of metres away from where they fledge. So some clown "too busy to have a garden" moves into a house and sanitises the garden with plastic flowers, AstroTurf and gravel - their food source dries up. Cut a hedge down, they can't nest or breed. People are so thoughtless of the consequences of what they do.