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In fact, English settlers brought them here as cage birds. They escaped, and have driven most of the native species into isolated enclaves where there are few humans to feed the lazy HOUSE SPARROWS. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery *

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> On 19/01/2023 15:59 Bob W PDML wrote: > > > > On 18 Jan 2023, at 07:07, mike wilson wrote: > > > >  > >> On 18/01/2023 04:45 Alan C 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

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Thanks for letting me know. Paul > On Jan 19, 2023, at 5:27 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Paul, > > Your posts are coming through with Comcast as your name. > > Hope they’re paying you well! > > Rick > >> On Jan 16, 2023, at 6:38 PM, Comcast wrote: >> >> They are no more than a single bite,

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Paul, Your posts are coming through with Comcast as your name. Hope they’re paying you well! Rick > On Jan 16, 2023, at 6:38 PM, Comcast wrote: > > They are no more than a single bite, although the liver is delicious. Sincr > Avian flu created a shortage of frying chickens, there are no

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> On 18 Jan 2023, at 07:07, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 18/01/2023 04:45 Alan C 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

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> On 18/01/2023 04:45 Alan C 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

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> On 17/01/2023 22:46 ann sanfedele 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

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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. Alan C On 18-Jan-23 12:20 AM, mike wilson wrote: I called it British because it is found all over the British

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Ha!!  I don't feel bad , Dan  I love being Ann Sanfedele.. I purposefully did not to back to my maiden name when we divorced. .. BTW my spell checker keeps wanting me to changer your name to MAYORALITY ...  :-) ann On 1/17/2023 7:43 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Don 't feel bad, Ann. You

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Don 't feel bad, Ann. You would be surprised to know how many people assume I am Italian -- even Italian-Americans! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 5:47 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > On this side of the pond

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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

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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

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Bill wrote: > On 1/16/2023 5:38 PM, Comcast wrote: > > > They are no more than a single bite, although the liver is delicious. Sincr > > Avian flu created a shortage of frying chickens, there are no more cats in > > the ’hood. > > I'm reminded of when I lived in Calgary. The neighborhood was

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We had been overrun by squirrels, but then the local fox family had a new litter. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 6:45 PM Bill wrote: > On 1/16/2023 5:38 PM, Comcast wrote: > > They are no more than a single

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I’m happy to say there are quite a lot of them here. They have plenty of bushes to hide in. > On 16 Jan 2023, at 06:35, mike wilson wrote: > > It's a male British House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. Generally regarded as > a pest in the USA. Was once one of the most common birds here but it

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In French it is called a moineau, from the word moine, meaning monk, whose garments the sparrow’s feathers supposedly resemble. It’s also commonly called a pierrot or a piaf, which is onomatopoeic. > On 17 Jan 2023, at 00:04, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I learned the name -English- Sparrow

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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

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On 1/16/2023 5:38 PM, Comcast wrote: They are no more than a single bite, although the liver is delicious. Sincr Avian flu created a shortage of frying chickens, there are no more cats in the ’hood. I'm reminded of when I lived in Calgary. The neighborhood was overrun with squirrels. This

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On 1/16/2023 5:29 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: After you shoot them, do you eat them or feed them to the cats? Yes, the correct name is House Sparrow, but English Sparrow is also used for the same bird by some folks. Mice with wings. They were a staple of one of our cats diets.

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They are no more than a single bite, although the liver is delicious. Sincr Avian flu created a shortage of frying chickens, there are no more cats in the ’hood. Paul > On Jan 16, 2023, at 6:29 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > After you shoot them, do you eat them or feed them to the cats?

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After you shoot them, do you eat them or feed them to the cats? 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 wrote: > Comcast wrote: > > > I call them House Spartows as does Audubon. I’ve shot

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Comcast wrote: > I call them House Spartows as does Audubon. I’ve shot hundreds in my > backyard. This shot would benefit from midrange contrast, easily achieved > with limits adjustment. > Paul > > > On Jan 16, 2023, at 2:43 PM, ann sanfedele > > [ann...@nyc.rr.com](mailto:ann...@nyc.rr.com)

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I call them House Spartows as does Audubon. I’ve shot hundreds in my backyard. This shot would benefit from midrange contrast, easily achieved with limits adjustment. Paul > On Jan 16, 2023, at 2:43 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > we calls 'em ENGLISH sparrows over here.. they are frequent

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we calls 'em ENGLISH sparrows  over here.. they are frequent visitors to the fire escape outside my window.  They hang with the pigeons.  I'm surprised to hear Rick ask who he is - as they frequent his neighborhood as well.  Now I suspect he will find them everywhere.. :-) ann On 1/16/2023

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It's a male British House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. Generally regarded as a pest in the USA. Was once one of the most common birds here but it getting to be substantially rarer. Send it back home. > On 15/01/2023 17:03 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Very nice Collin! I’m impressed with the

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Very nice Collin! I’m impressed with the sharpness after the cropping, and the DOF is used very well. What sort of bird is it? Rick > On Jan 14, 2023, at 3:56 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > > Wanted to go to my favorite city park to shoot today because, as so rarely > happens on a

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Nice image of a contented fellow! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 3:56 PM wrote: > Wanted to go to my favorite city park to shoot today because, as so rarely > happens on a central Ohio winter day, the sun

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ann sanfedele wrote: > That birdy is saying br I believe.  Were it mine, I'd reposition him > so he isn't dead center of a square.. > > \-- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan >

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That birdy is saying br I believe.  Were it mine, I'd reposition him so he isn't dead center of a square.. Wow - you remember that visit that didn't happen..  I believe it was when I was headed west just a couple of weeks after 9/11 in 2001... I got a ticket for passing a truck in a

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Wanted to go to my favorite city park to shoot today because, as so rarely happens on a central Ohio winter day, the sun came out. I parked at the first open trail and there was this bunch of fat birds working to survive the winter. This crop is about 1/9 the original. It’s just a square out of