Hi,
My husband had a couple mallards under the cat today. Go figure.
Diana
Diana Whiting
dianawhitingphotography.com
> On Feb 1, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
>
> I was trying to see my neighbors' feeding operation to add to my yard list,
> but the parked car in their driveway blocks my window view of birds on the
> ground. A colony of House Sparrows frequents their yard, and I hoped a native
> species would join them, so I peered under & around their car as well. As a
> result I have just added another item to my list of House Sparrow adaptations
> to cars: drinking from dripping icicles as solar gain on the south side of
> the car melts fresh snow on the car (this was not from a filthy fenderberg).
> I already knew about House Sparrows using a parked car for shelter, using the
> underside of an idling car for warmth in winter (per Ann Mitchell near the
> game farm), and in summer foraging recently killed insects on the grills of
> cars stopped at gas stations. Those critters have got it made until the
> collapse of car culture!
> --Dave Nutter
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