Birdwatch

[poliphilo]

I just participated in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch.

My score (much better than last year's) is

8 starlings
3 collared doves
2 house sparrows
1 robin
1 great tit

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I should love to crate up a dozen or so sparrows and send them your way. The little feathery freeloaders can devour six pounds of seed in a day, when the weather's cold.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

A few years back there was talk of the sparrow becoming an endangered species in Britain. Numbers now seem to be climbing.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

They are essentially an invasive species, here, brought from England for reasons passing mere mortal understanding.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Did they stow away aboard The Mayflower? I can't see anyone wanting to introduce them on purpose.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

My field guide says that all here today descend from a handful of house sparrows released in New York's Central Park, in 1850. No indication as to why.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

You're probably single-handedly restoring the starling population!