Saturday, May 04, 2013

House Sparrow

House Sparrow Passer Domesticus

     In recent years a decline in House Sparrow population was widely reported, but judging from the healthy numbers in our area the species seems to be recovering again. The male and female shown below were photographed in our back yard this morning.




David M. Gascoigne,
David M. Gascoigne,

I'm a life long birder. My interests are birds, nature, reading, books, outdoors, travel, food and wine.

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