Small Brown Birds

[poliphilo]

Looked out the window first thing and there was a crowd of small brown birds around the feeder on the front lawn. I fetched my glasses and sorted them into robins and others. There were two robins- not often that you see more than one at a time- and at least some of the others were sparrows. We had a panic a few years back about sparrows disappearing- and then for a while it was a red-letter day if you spotted one- but they do now seem to be picking up numbers again.

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[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

The number of sparrows never diminished here in Spain as far as I know and I wonder why they did in England. Some years ago in the US, crows and Blue Jays almost disappeared due to the West Nile Virus but have since been making a comeback.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone ever explained our sudden shortage of sparrows.

I saw a couple of redwings today- not exactly rarities but uncommon in gardens.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Redwing Blackbirds? They have the loveliest song.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. Redwings belong to the thrush family- and their song- according to my bird book- is a little hoarse.