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.
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.
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