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REPLY: The decline of the House Sparrow has been particularly notable over
the past few decades. I doubt that many of us are grieving that decline,
but could anyone out there refer me to a good article(s) trying to explain
it? The reasons for their decline could be of relevance to decline of other
species of more genuine concern for us.
----- Original Message -----
From: "george clark" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:55 PM
Subject: [UVB] Norwich birds 1/16/10
> This morning Ed Hack and I looked for birds in Norwich. Highlights
> included 29 Mallards off Kendall Station Road, an adult Bald Eagle flying
> over Norwich and seen from Campbell Flats Road not far south of the
> Thetford line, a flying Cooper's Hawk seen from the intersection of Main
> Street and Koch Road, and 12 Cedar Waxwings along Campbell Flats Road.
> Some of the waxwings were flying out and back and were apparently hawking
> insects along the side of a house. We couldn't see insects at a distance
> through binoculars, but cluster flies might have been the prey on this
> sunny day with temperatures well above freezing.
>
> Because House Sparrows are now quite local in their Norwich distribution,
> the presence this morning of 15 at a farm along Kerwin Hill Road was
> notable.
>
> Prior to 2007 House Sparrows were regular along Main Street in the
> village section of Norwich, and nest material could be seen protruding
> from attic ventilation openings on a prominent building. A remodeling
> narrowed the openings and thus blocked entry of House Sparrows. Since
> then only an occasional individual of this species has been reported from
> the vicinity of Main Street. Farms with livestock now seem to present the
> locations most favorable for finding this species in the town, but a
> number of such farms apparently lack House Sparrows.
>
> The Bald Eagle, Cedar Waxwings, and House Sparrows of today were my first
> sightings of these species in Norwich during 2010.
>
> George
>
>
> George Clark
> Norwich, VT
>
>> Location: Norwich
>> Observation date: 1/16/10
>> Number of species: 21
>>
>> Mallard 29
>> Wild Turkey 8
>> Bald Eagle 1
>> Cooper's Hawk 1
>> Mourning Dove 1
>> Downy Woodpecker 1
>> Hairy Woodpecker 1
>> Blue Jay X
>> American Crow X
>> Common Raven X
>> Black-capped Chickadee X
>> Tufted Titmouse X
>> Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
>> Brown Creeper 1
>> European Starling 2
>> Cedar Waxwing 12
>> White-throated Sparrow 5
>> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
>> Northern Cardinal 4
>> American Goldfinch 1
>> House Sparrow 15
>>
>> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt )
>>
>
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