Must Mean Spring!
Well, the bad news first! I am not so happy to see the homecoming of the ~ dozen Starlings and a few House Sparrows (English Sparrows) but these species remind me of how similar they are to homo sapiens. They are very accomplished survivalists and they like to live concentrated in groups. They breed prolifically and they tolerate, and even benefit, from close proximity to hominids.
My “Home” House Sparrows (though I hate to generalize about species) are not very good nest builders. Their nests look like the dust bunnies under my bed except the building materials are larger. [Peterson’s Field Guide describes their nest as “a bulky mass”!
My “home” Starlings
amass in numbers, perching closely together to gang up on any flicker, blue
bird or wren that might happen by looking for a nice cavity in our trees (or my
house) in which to shelter themselves and/or their young. Peterson’s also defines
them as “garrulous”! My starlings raise two clutches a year! I really don’t
know about the sparrows.
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