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World Sparrow Day 2012

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Residents of the Americas may find this hard to believe, but the ubiquitous, adaptable House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) is declining in its native lands. World Sparrow Day is celebrated annually on March 20th to raise awareness across the globe about the decline of the House Sparrow and how it impacts all of us.

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World Sparrow Day 2011

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In response to the decline last year saw the first ever World Sparrow Day and tomorrow, 20 March, is the second annual World Sparrow Day. In response to the decline last year saw the first ever World Sparrow Day and tomorrow, 20 March, is the second annual World Sparrow Day.

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Out Birding to Help an Endemic Sparrow in Costa Rica

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Today, along with teams in a few other parts of Costa Rica and elsewhere, I will be birding for a cause, watching birds to help one that only lives in Costa Rica, the Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. Around the size of a Song Sparrow or Chaffinch , maybe a bit bigger, this mini towhee forages near the ground in dense scrubby vegetation.

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Birds Nesting In Siding

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This European Starling was actually in the process of clearing out an active House Sparrow nest in this photo. Here the male House Sparrow attacks the invading starling. Both are non-native species in Minnesota and drive out native flickers, bluebirds and other cavity nesters to take over to raise their own young.

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The Dunnock. Free love and duplicity

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Of olde, it was known as the Hedge Sparrow to separate it from the House and Tree Sparrows. Confusion with the sparrows is understandable, given the plumage and their tendency to feed from the ground. Familiarity makes them easy to separate from the sparrows, even at a distance. Now it is classified with the Accentors.

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Part Two: Birds as Bling

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Swifts and swallows are notoriously hard to raise and/or rehabilitate, so rehabbers who don’t specialize in them tend to lose their heads when they’re successful. said Leslie, who successfully raised five of them last summer. The NAILS they possess!” Civilians: I hate to tell you, but it gets worse.

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But…It’s a Canada Goose?

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Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. The birds in questions were the aforementioned Canada Goose and three happily foraging Chipping Sparrows. Because it turns out that only me and my partner got to see these two “rarities” of the north, and only I got the pictures to prove it.

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