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Just some sparrows but ...

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Subject: Just some sparrows but ...
From: Con Boekel <>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:50:05 +1100
Paul

Hmmm. Sparrows may winners from a symbiotic relationship between humans and the descendants of the Indian Jungle Fowl or losers from a predator prey relationship between the Red Fox and the descendants of the Indian Jungle Fowl.

Con


On 14/02/2013 6:43 AM, Paul Fennell wrote:
Sparrow lovers

Next door keeps half a dozen lovely red hens.  They also provide for a flock
of at least 20 sparrows that like our bird baths and trees in the back yard.
Not too long ago, a predator took out all their hens, and for some months
there were no hens.  The sparrow flock dropped to about 5.  However, the
hens are now back, and the sparrows are again up to about 20.

Cheers

Paul

Paul Fennell
Editor Annual Bird Report
COG Databases Manager

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T. 
Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2013 10:12 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Just some sparrows but ...

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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