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Willpar
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Re: Sparrows

Post by Willpar » Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:16 am

Same here Placi. Have noticed a drop in numbers. I was getting a dozen on a good day.

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Jacksparrow » Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:32 pm

Placido wrote:
Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:43 am
Suddenly, where have all the speugs gone :unsure: ? The usual day-to-day gang have dwindled to just a few :(.
Maybe they're refurbing their nests ready for an early Spring ........ :shrug:
Nah! :shake: They're all at willpar's gaff checking out the new feeder. :nod:

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Willpar » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:06 pm

Only seen around four sparrows here today.

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Re: Sparrows

Post by greenfinch2 » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:33 pm

They have come up north ,I have dozens ,

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Placido » Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:15 am

You wait and wait ...... and they all come at once like No. 11 buses !!
Young sparrows all over the garden - well, about 4 I think but they whizz about so quickly that it may have been 22.
And on the front lawn at dusk! a young magpie being fed by two shattered parents.

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Willpar » Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:34 am

Got raided by lots of house sparrows. Parents feeding their young yesterday.

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Willpar » Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:42 am

Found a sparrow on my path early this morning. Looked like a young female. Took it indoors out of the way. Sadly died less than an hour later. Looked liked it had an injured left leg and left wing.

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Butterfly » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:47 am

Willpar wrote:
Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:42 am
Found a sparrow on my path early this morning. Looked like a young female. Took it indoors out of the way. Sadly died less than an hour later. Looked liked it had an injured left leg and left wing.
Oh no! That is so sad :(

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Jacksparrow » Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:45 pm

Willpar wrote:
Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:42 am
Found a sparrow on my path early this morning. Looked like a young female. Took it indoors out of the way. Sadly died less than an hour later. Looked liked it had an injured left leg and left wing.
It could have been a juvenile as they all look like females until the first moult. It had probably flown into something in some kind of panic. I have noticed my sparrows are very skittish constantly diving for cover at the slightest noise.

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Re: Sparrows

Post by Placido » Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:38 am

Bad luck, Willpar :(. Sad when they get injured.

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