Have you seen any sparrows lately?
@allknowing (153544)
India
December 5, 2017 7:38pm CST
We took it for granted these sparrows that were seen at grocery shops enjoying whatever they could lay their beaks on. They came in clusters and the shop keeper did not shew them away.
My friend would keep some bird feed on her window sill and they would come there helping themselves, at the same time dirtying her window which she did not mind. Their chirps made her day.
I do not see them now and I am missing them badly.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
I have read about sparrows being rare at a global level
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
“Mindless urbanisation” leading to a loss of the birds’ natural habitats, says Mohammed Dilawar.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
6 Dec 17
Due to massive urbanization, we rarely see any sparrow in our area.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
6 Dec 17
@allknowing Earlier they used to come to our area in good numbers but now we do not see them very often. The reasons given in the article (which you have shared) seems valid reasons to me for their disappearance. I miss seeing chipping sparrows.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
Happy you can see them where you live. We have not seen them for years.
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@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
6 Dec 17
@allknowing I guess we need to appreciate the beauty of these sparrows.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
As you know I have several species visiting us but not sparrows.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
I am so glad they do not belong to the extinct category.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
@sallypup I only have happy memories of sparrows. Never knew they rob nests that belong to other birds
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@sallypup (69166)
• Centralia, Washington
6 Dec 17
@allknowing Sparrows are invasive over here. They take over other bird's nests. I'd rather see more finches but I get what I get. I think they like that I grow sunflowers and leave the sunflowers up to dry cause they eat the seeds.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
You are really fortunate They are called house birds.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Dec 17
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
6 Dec 17
Yes we see them a lot around here. They come perching at the balcony railing every now and then but they'd fly off before you can approach them.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 17
We have great summers here and their absence has been noticed for years now.
