Maybe getting insects that are embedded in tires? I've certainly seen house sparrows going for insects on car grilles in parking lots.
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 9:38 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Feisty House Sparrows were landing on my car tires yesterday! > I was sitting in parked car in driveway doing something & saw them all > fly from bush down onto front tire! They made noise while there. > Perhaps emulating the Black Vultures in The Everglades trying to chew off > the rubber?? > > Donna Scott > Lansing by Cay. Lake > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 8, 2017, at 8:58 AM, AB Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > Among a lot of feisty House Finches, I think it is just one American Tree > Sparrow—the first I have seen this fall. But the flock is flitting in and > out, so maybe more. > > Anne B Clark > 147 Hile School Rd > <https://maps.google.com/?q=147+Hile+School+Rd%0D+Freeville,+NY+13068+%0D+607&entry=gmail&source=g> > Freeville, NY 13068 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=147+Hile+School+Rd%0D+Freeville,+NY+13068+%0D+607&entry=gmail&source=g> > 607-222-0905 <(607)%20222-0905> > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Melissa Groo Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers Wildlife Columnist, Outdoor Photographer magazine Contributing Editor, Audubon magazine Chair, NANPA Ethics Committee www.melissagroo.com View my most recent article in Outdoor Photographer: Ethics From Empathy <https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/pro-perspectives/melissa-groo/ethics-from-empathy/> <http://www.facebook.com/melissa.groo> <https://www.instagram.com/melissagroo/> Instagram @melissagroo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
