> On 17/01/2023 22:46 ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On this side of the pond people are more apt to say someone is "a > Brit' these days rather than he (or she) is English - it's somewhat > generational > I guess. Still today if someone enquires about my ethnicity I respond > with "English, German and Scotch-Irish" . But of course now it is considered > rude to ask. I'm privately amused people assume I'm Italian. > > ann > > > But as to the bird depopulation over your way that is puzzling.
Not really, although it is multi factorial. Mostly, it appears to be due to changes in habitat. Gardens and other urban green spaces, where some of their food and habitat is located, have changed in design to provide less of both. They look very tidy and open but, to most wildlife, they are a green desert. On a day-to-day basis, some of this might be replaced by other inputs, like the waste from fast food factors. But if their breeding locations are rendered more vulnerable to predators... > > > On 1/17/2023 5:20 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > I called it British because it is found all over the British Isles, even on > > some of the more isolated islands. The _really_ isolated places have their > > own subspecies'. > > > > Once one of the top three common birds in towns and suburbia, the > > population there has crashed for unknown reasons by about 90% in the last > > 40 years. > > > >> On 17/01/2023 00:04 ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> I learned the name -English- Sparrow as a child .. more recent field > >> guide from National Geo lists the name as a varient for house... > >> but what I was kidding about answering Mike's post is the way people > >> these days are more apt to say British or Britain. > >> > >> ann old school > >> > >> On 1/16/2023 6:29 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >>> After you shoot them, do you eat them or feed them to the cats? <G> > >>> > >>> Yes, the correct name is House Sparrow, but English Sparrow is also used > >>> for the same bird by some folks. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 6:05 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Comcast wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I call them House Spartows as does Audubon. I’ve shot hundreds in my > >>>> backyard. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
