Tyler Starr
23 October 2008 from 1045-1100
Location: Outside Belknap in front of the Office of International Education
Weather: 50 ̊ F, no wind, clear skies
General: I noticed a bird hopping on the tree just outside my second-story window as I sat at my desk. I got an extended close up view of it. I believe it was a female house sparrow. It was a whitish-tan color with streaks on the belly, brown wings with white streaks, and a light brown crown. It was hopping from branch to branch, and it looked like it was picking insects off the branches. At one point if flew right up to my window and perched on this strange cord thing that sort of hangs down in front of my window. I could not see it very well at this point since my blinds were in the way. When I tried to part them, the bird flew back to the tree. There is a spider web with a small spider that is usually up where the bird was, so perhaps it eats spiders. I was reading the Field Guide, and it appears that the house sparrow is an introduced, possibly invasive species. It says that it “takes bulk of seed at most feeders; kills nestlings, removes eggs of other birds from birdhouses.” Sounds pretty brutal…
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