Showing posts with label sparrow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sparrow. Show all posts
Monday, January 07, 2019

Sparrows with Wine-Colored Heads

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House Finch (male) aka the "Hollywood Finch". This is a repost from August 2007. The House Sparrow, (or "English Sparr...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Bird Species Decline in the U.S

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In large parts of the U.S., over half of our songbird species are in decline. Scientists say habitat destruction is largely to blame. ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Cowbirds, Mesopredators, & Grass Nesting Birds

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The National Audubon Society's Christmas bird count is a pretty good organizing tool, but a little weak on science, since it is mostl...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

When Population Growth Comes Homes to Roost

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. Today is Earthday , and it also happens to be that time of year when more than 250 species of neotropical migratory birds are now flying n...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Malthus and the Sparrow

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When Rev. Thomas Malthus wrote " An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society " in 179...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Hedgerow Loss in the U.K. and the U.S.

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Hedge laying in the UK. During a single 10-year period (1984-1993), more than one-third of all hedgerows in the United Kingdom were lost --...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Winged Weapons of Mouse Destruction

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A young Falco sparverius . The American Kestrel or Sparrow Hawk, sometimes called a "spar", is actually a small falcon. Humans lik...
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Monday, July 23, 2007

Beyond Flights of Fancy

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A repost from 2006 of this blog . In his book Stormy Nights and Frosty Mornings , Paul Dooley writes of going to his first field meet with...
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Monday, May 28, 2007

Making a Coat-Hanger Sparrow Trap

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Back in April, I posted a short squib about human-wildlife conflicts and the fact that some people do not see such things as unhappy probl...
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