While the topic of atypical bird behavior is on the floor, one of the most unusual among my observations occured when I was in Maine awaiting a ride from my host. I didn't have my binoculars with me, but I noticed a house sparrow hopping around on the curb. A small insect flew by and this house sparrow flew up quickly and caught the insect in mid-air, and flew off to a nest on the gutter of my motel where it fed the insect to its young! I knew that seed-eating sometimes feed protein-rich foods to their young, but I didn't believe they could catch them in mid-air. Is this a common phenomenon? Bob