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 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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