Throughout most of the year, I have a good variety of birds passing through my yard, including the occasional rarity like a boreal owl or pileated woodpecker. During most of August however, I’m generally stuck with the good old house sparrow. Many, many house sparrows as the young of the …
I have clouds of house sparrows in my yard this time of year. When they converge on the feeders, they empty them in a matter of minutes. I’m tryng to walk the thin line of putting food out for the mourning doves and other (real) birds, while trying not to …
There’s been a lot of talk on my Twitter stream lately about the ubiquitous house sparrow. To feed or not to feed? I’ve had bird feeders in my yard for years, and I’ve yet to hear of any method of feeding all the birds BUT house sparrows. This time of …