House Sparrow

Andy Holt - House Sparrow
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.holt/digiscope/housesparrow/hs.htm
Gain an insight into the house sparrow by studying close-up colour image and field observations. For the photographer, includes camera type.

Audubon Society of Omaha - House Sparrows
http://www.audubon-omaha.org/bbbox/ban/hsbyse.htm
Check out the everyday activities of the most common song bird in America. Also history and current problems with over-population across US.

Aviary, The - House Sparrow
http://aviary.owls.com/house_sparrow/house_sparrow.html
Discover the Latin name for this familiar bird from Europe and read description of nest, egg type, and clutch size. Colour image of side-profile male.

Backyard Nature - One Year in the Life of a House Sparrow
http://www.backyardnature.net/sparrow.htm
Read more about the intimate life of the house sparrow with this diary written month by month. Each month carries a colour wash illustration.

BBCi - House Sparrow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/252.shtml
Listen to a sample of this bird’s simple song, or read about its fondness for areas of human habitation or its other peculiar traits.

Biokids - House Sparrow
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/information/Passer_domesticus.html
Realise what the house sparrow eats and exactly what eats the house sparrow. Loads of data, links, and photos for kids.

British Trust for Ornithology - Missing
http://www.bto.org/appeals/house_sparrow.htm
Research what happened to ten million fewer house sparrows in the UK and what you can do to reverse the trend. Plus colour image and graph of decline in suburban gardens.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Bird House Network - House Sparrow
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/bird_bios/speciesaccounts/houspa.htm
Review detailed description of house sparrow including physical characteristics, distribution, and nesting behaviour. Plus map of North America showing distribution.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology - House Sparrow
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/HOUSPA/
Find out about how house sparrows were introduced into Brooklyn, New York, in 1851/2. Read how many are in North America today and view colour images.

Delhibird - House Sparrow: Passer domesticus
http://www.delhibird.org/species/sp08839.htm
Browse description of the house sparrow by The Northern India Bird Network and comparison with its cousins also found in the Delhi area of India.

Herper’s Home Page - House Sparrows http://www.members.tripod.com/~herper/housesparrow.html
Consider passionate arguments for eradicating house sparrows, their nests, and their eggs by bluebird fancier. Lists passive deterrents.

North American Bluebird Society - House Sparrow Control http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/sparrow.htm
Peruse advice given by NABS on how to humanely control the rising numbers of house sparrows across America. Includes black and white line drawing of pair.

Richard and Diane Van Vleck Personal Pages - House Sparrow http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/per/spar1.htm
Read about how the importation of a few house sparrows into America led to a huge growth of numbers and consequent eradication program. Black and white photo of nest box.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The - House Sparrow http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/h/housesparrow/index.asp
Check out this bird that congregates in large noisy groups in mainly urban areas. Includes map of UK indicating residence distribution.

US Geological Survey - House Sparrow: Passer domesticus
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i6882id.html
Survey the differences between the adult male and the female or immature with these bullet-point tips. Plus colour photography of adult male.

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