At 10:45 AM 13/02/2013, you wrote:
This morning at the Pegasus Riding School, Holt I counted a flock of
25 House Sparrows ground feeding. It's been years since I've seen
such a large flock, and it's not autumn yet.
John et al,
I live virtually across the road from Pegasus, and I can definitely
vouch for there being more sparrows around than I have ever seen
before. I can only recall seeing sparrows once or twice in my garden
(Ewing St, Higgins) in the past 16 years, yet I now see them most
days, and up to a half dozen on some occasions. I've been assuming
it has been a very good couple of years for sparrows with the rains,
and now they're concentrating into gardens where there is actual food
(i.e the looked after ones)?
Given all the grains and feed that the horses at pegasus get, I'm
surprised the sparrows weren't being muscled out by all sorts of
other things. <grin>
Cheers.
Paul T.
Higgins, ACT
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