canberrabirds

RE:House Sparrows.

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Subject: RE:House Sparrows.
From: David McDonald <>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:55:17 +1100 (EST)
Well Terry your Harcourt Inn sparrows with the 'rich
chestnut crowns' may have been Eurasian Tree Sparrows,
hyper-rarities in the Canberra region (fortunately). 
David

--- terry gourlay <> wrote:

> Dear All,
>            The house sparrow used to be very common
> at my home in Mackenzie 
> St,they dissapeared about 5 years ago....The chaps I
> accommodated had no 
> troubles building nests in the eaves of my
> house,they easily access this 
> area by squeezing thru the 22mm rib on the bottom
> tile at the gutter,and 
> even more easily on the ragged breaks in the tiles
> at any valleys you may 
> have. So there must be some other  reason for them
> chosing tree hollows.The 
> summer resident Currawongs were a scourge to my
> sparrows,they used to wait 
> above the lower tiles having marked a bird going
> in,grab him on the way 
> out.I note that the George Harcourt Inn spags are
> alive and well,four years 
> ago, there were a couple with rich chestnut
> crowns,that resembled the 
> Italian house Sparrow,they seem to have melded into
> the current group.
>                            Terry Gourlay.
> 
> 
> 


                
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