This little fellow is a house sparrow (Passer domesticus) a bird that occurs in most of Europe and much of Asia and has been introduced to many countries around the world.
Here in England when I was a boy we would have thought just a very common small bird. Sadly today as I write this they are by no means as common as they once were, as a child I recall seeing hundreds of them perched on telephone wires. These days the most I would see at any one time is perhaps a dozen (12). In Britain it is believed that over the last 20-30 years numbers of house sparrows have fallen by around 60-65%.
We can all do a little bit to help birds like the above male house sparrow, by perhaps having a bird table with food, hanging a feeder in the garden (as above), maybe putting a bird box or even several in our gardens. Think how dull our world would be without them.
How to build a simple birdbox.
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Youre a good person to feed these little fellows - I love birds too and see less and less of them here.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite subject! This is a lovely picture of the little bird. I have 3 bird baths, feeders, and a bird box in my yard. Watching the birds from my back door is one of my favorite things to do! Right now I am anxiously awaiting the robins who pass through this area at this time of year.
ReplyDelete'Found' your blog as I get an email alert when Leeds is mentioned - not sure why it only came up today but anyway, nice to see photos of my home town when I'm so far from it right now.
ReplyDeleteI'll be a regular viewer......
Hi Lois
ReplyDeleteI too love robins, there are such perky birds and quite human friendly compared to many other species.
Hi Silverback, welcome to my blog.
I did a post a while back about the decline of this dear little bird. This is such a wonderful capture.
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