When DIA was built, a number of birds were trapped inside the building and the staff used to have a bird feeder set up to help them survive. Management put the kibosh on that and the last time I saw the sparrows in DIA they seemed to be surviving off the garbage left by travelers but spent a lot of time looking out the windows.
Ira Sanders Golden On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 4:35 PM Janeal Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting observation, Jared, thank you for sharing. > > Janeal Thompson > Lamar, CO > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 10:31 AM Jared Del Rosso <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I spent this morning at Denver International Airport (Denver Co.), having >> rescheduled an early Thursday flight to today. Well before sunrise, around >> 4:45 AM, I watched a female House Sparrow "foraging" in the upstairs >> section of the A terminal. It's not unusual to see House Sparrows in >> airports, but it was neat to see this one up for my well-lit, indoor, >> "nocturnal" eBird checklist. >> >> Even neater was the bird's drinking behavior. A little later (though >> still before dawn), the sparrow followed me to the water fountain, drinking >> after I did. I actually had lost track of the bird, but it clearly hadn't >> lost track of me, for it was drinking water left in the fountain before I >> even made it back to my seat. Makes me think it rather closely watches >> travelers and that water source. >> >> - Jared Del Rosso >> Centennial, CO >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7fdf11af-593c-4772-8903-cbf054d53646%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7fdf11af-593c-4772-8903-cbf054d53646%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAEpG4NFPHFDEDRiC0_STugXnmWhPxkFBLMLcC8cOuANy%3DyoyYg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAEpG4NFPHFDEDRiC0_STugXnmWhPxkFBLMLcC8cOuANy%3DyoyYg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siGiUwp1mA7%3Dz6N7O4gA6Oc8EK1U0Tw_okSBTpf8xc46YA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
