Oops...sorry Mama Finch, didn't mean to call your babies sparrows...
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
June 20, 2018 10:59am CST
Took almost 35 minutes of shooting video to get Mama feeding them, and I realized she is a house finch, not a sparrow. 
I also realized how dirty they are...one angle I was shooting at showed mites crawling all over the place. 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Jun 18
@AKRao24 Yes, but I had never seen them quite this bad
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Jun 18
Yep
Don't know how good the resolution is but they are crawling all over the steel supports. When I try to post it on facebook they are pretty blurry
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@AKRao24 (27422)
• India
20 Jun 18
@JolietJake , Yes, that may be bit difficult to make out from a distance but the voice can be differentiated , no?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Jun 18
@AKRao24 Yes, if you hear their call there is a distinct difference
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
21 Jun 18
I am not super familiar with Sparrows. I know finches are small and I Have seen the pet type in the pet stores.
But I think you must be a bird racist if you do not know the difference.
also I feel bad for those babies.. all covered in bugs.. can you spray some bug spray?
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@minx267 (15526)
• Hartford, Connecticut
21 Jun 18
@JolietJake :(
Amazon.com : Scalex for Birds - Mite & Lice Spray - 32 ounce : Pet Health Care Supplies : Pet Supplies
@vandana7 (102056)
• India
21 Jun 18
@JolietJake Well, even then it is human concept. We must have supported lice, and other fungi and bacteria, (we still do they are all inside because we use water and soaps and toothpastes outside). The natural habitat makes us good enough for those...just that we call ourselves civilized by wearing clothes and using a lot of artificial things. LOL.
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@velvet53 (22548)
• Palisade, Colorado
20 Jun 18
@JolietJake I need to start watching them closer so that I can tell the difference.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Jun 18
I have a problem seeing the females from behind at a distance, but when I am closer I can tell
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@paigea (36101)
• Canada
20 Jun 18
@JolietJake they need to up their preening routine.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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20 Jun 18
I was playing back the first video I recorded and was freaked on how many were crawling around
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@FourWalls (76197)
• United States
21 Jun 18
You'll have to go to sensitivity training now, seeing how you've used politically incorrect terminology for the finch.
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@wolfgirl569 (118508)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Jun 18
Lovely baby birds. Many babies will have mites very badly. I remember picking up a baby robin and getting it back to the nest one time. I had mites all over my hand from just one little bird.
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