> On 18/01/2023 04:45 Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Common all over South Africa too, even in remote camps of the Kruger > Park. The ones here escaped from a sailing sip en-route to Aus. Can't > imagine why they were being taken there. >
They were a common pet, being easy to feed and otherwise look after, so it might be that. Or they could have been wild birds that inadvertently went to sea with a ship and remained there until first landfall. This could happen if a crew was in the habit of feeding them. > > On 18-Jan-23 12:20 AM, 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.
