Bird Facts: The House Sparrow

[@Keapix]

They have so much character. They run around our garden like a pack of raptors! Breeding seasons has increased our sparrows from 3 to 8!

[@MyBirdingYear]

Loved the 'pack of raptors' description :) Good to hear numbers are going up where you are. There are 6 or 7 in the hedge at the end of the garden. I'm sure there are are youngsters there judging by the calls so hopefully it's been a successful breeding season here as well. Thanks for watching!

[@MrX-X-X]

I recently started putting food out for birds and it's always sparrows who get it first. There's been a magpie-lark a couple times (I'm in Australia). Anyway there is about 7 sparrows that come through out the day for food. I think it's the same ones each day. I always see two males and there is at least a couple females too. I've seen one baby as I saw the mother feeding it food. It's like a family of them and they are really adorable.

[@Fenrispro]

Aiks why raptors 😅

[@VideoNatur]

So normal and so great! Wonderfull, that you give them space in a video!!! Kind regards, Rolf

[@randolfjones1024]

Yet another wonderfully filmed and informative video

[@MyBirdingYear]

Many thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching.

[@binayyadev8754]

I miss this bird❤😢

[@jeandixon586]

A delightful video! We have the Cape Sparrow here in the south of Africa, and they are as ubiquitous here as in the rest of the world. These darling little birds chatter en masse in the maple tree outside my window at sunrise as they know their seed bowl gets filled up before I've had my morning coffee 🤎☕😁 (No dust baths in my garden, as we have cats ... which blessedly are useless hunters!)

[@MrSpanielson]

Lovely footage - especially the dust baths!

[@MyBirdingYear]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice video Friend! Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP

[@davidhoban3825]

Lovely little video. ..They love the mealworms that I feed them but the Jackdaws have discovered that now. Nevertheless they still manage to grab some as well as feeding on the sunflower seeds. I used to think that they were plain looking birds but I now think that they are actually quite beautiful. They are very sociable and when sitting in the garden they will continue to feed quite close to me as long as I don't make any sudden movements. Thanks for this 👍

[@jeandixon586]

Mealworms and sunflower seeds - I didn't think of that, will add these to their menu 😋

[@jeandixon586]

David, are the mealworms you give them freeze-dried? I bought a pack today but I wondered if the birds will take them to the nests and stuff them down the babies' throats and maybe choke them? Or do the parents soften the mealworms in their crops first? Or perhaps the channel owner could answer this for me. Many thanks.

[@jeandixon586]

On another bird channel, I got the answer to my question on mealworms ... They must be soaked first if they're dried, otherwise if fed to the young they'll choke them. I guess I should have figured that out!

[@karenstanley4008]

Thank you for the great videos - I really enjoy them

[@MyBirdingYear]

You're welcome and thank you for watching

[@annemillington5553]

Really interesting, thanks for your videos - I really enjoy them 🦅

[@MyBirdingYear]

Glad you like them and thank you for watching

[@1890atrs]

Cute bird !!

[@JacqJansen]

Always nice to have them in the garden. Great footage. Greetings Jacq

[@MyBirdingYear]

Thank you Jacq, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@yesidtac7863]

Buen comedero

[@anniemac3075]

Lovely video, we have sparrow nests in our roof both front & back of the house every year, occasionally they do a great job of blocking the guttering & producing Niagara Falls for us when there's heavy rain!!

[@davidhoban3825]

We have Jackdaws and they do the opposite! They clear the guttering of all the rubbish that builds up. The only problem is that they're not fussy where they throw it to. Lovely clean house fronts suddenly have bits of dried mud and clumps of moss scattered everywhere 😄

[@anniemac3075]

@@davidhoban3825 Please send me your jackdaws in case the sparrows have done it again!! A female blackbird did a lovely job of completely emptying the guttering on next door's conservatory, she was using it as nesting material. My small single storey at the back is covered in dry moss & mess the magpies have thrown off the house roof.

[@BioBush]

I read that they have declines 70% from their peak population in the UK. It's strange that they are declining locally even though they are one of the most numerous birds on the planet. Thanks for sharing their facts and calls. It's always interesting to learn something new, even about an everyday bird!

[@MyBirdingYear]

That big decline is very evident where I live in south-west England - they are still about here and there but it’s nothing like the population of 40 years ago. There is some good news in that the rate of decline seems to be slowing across the UK and in some areas there have been increases in population recorded over the last 20 years or so. Things seem to be going in the right direction now but it’s a big population decrease that needs to be overcome.

[@holmesway]

He didn't say which planet, I suppose we can assume he means earth?

[@Fenrispro]

Why

[@ajrwilde14]

I think maybe lack of insects because of pesticide use?

[@pravindurgasahu]

This bird population is declining drastically. We all humans need to conserve them. All 90 born or born before 90s,have memories of this birds in their childhood. I love them and I miss them. I am from India🙏🏻

[@KrisCrossssss]

I see these birds all the time

[@gloriadumas1100]

❤ Thank you I'm beginning

[@kevinpatino8708]

Man this gives me so many memories with house sparrow. Well yeah I see them every time there popular I love them a lot. I remember when I was a kid we had those covering metal shades in 2-3 of the windows every time my buddy used to stay with me, watch me, head back evening they usually slept over laying his head on the beneath his feathers and would wake me up often. Then one day idr but my mom came in mad and basically open door and my mom scared the bird away. He eventually came back the next day. Then year or two we took it off so that end of my journey of house sparrow friend who came to visit me for year or two. Some time layed twigs on the sides as well. So yeah good times good times. Now I live in apartment now where I live so it’s crazy hopefully I can make a buddy one day again future

[@delladube5268]

Love it

[@davidglow3]

So upbeat,so energised..My favourite bird..I recently saw a Magpie eating a tiny sparrow alive..just a horrible sight.

[@colinroberts-li6ob]

I was only just talken to my friend about these little darlens I' come from Wellington NSW and when I was growing up I would see these beautiful birds on my fence big rows of em and now to hear that there not many of them just breaks my heart we can't sit by and allow this to happen this is why GOD put us on this planet knowledge and understanding is the key to GODS 💓 if we just sit by and allow this to happen well then we are no different that the devil I will do everything in my power to helping them if they die then a part of us does as a spirit we have to help these beautiful little birds before it's to late❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@missavawhite3671]

So aggressive to bluebird’s 😢 they are the number 1 threat to the their nest box

[@Fenrispro]

Cheeeeppy

[@geoffnoyes520]

The humble sparrow, mentioned in the Bible by Jesus Christ himself!. A Christian song has this refrain,' His eye is on the Sparrow, and I know he watches me'.😊

[@tahoe829]

Peepers 😊

[@gboutdoors5198]

They are really cute birds but they cause a ton of problems like killing natives and are very aggressive towards food so I tend to trap them or dispatch them I never harm the bird an away were it feels pain

[@063317Art]

They will kill a eastern bluebird if caught in a bluebird nest and take over the bluebird nest🤬