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Keithspangle β€” Sparrow Soup

Published: 2018-10-14 21:07:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 503; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 9
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Description From 2015.Β  This is something that I never get tired of: watching the sparrows have their group bath
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Comments: 26

Leanndra51 [2019-04-13 21:55:15 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, I would say so!

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Keithspangle In reply to Leanndra51 [2019-04-13 22:43:00 +0000 UTC]

Like kids in a pool.

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Leanndra51 In reply to Keithspangle [2019-04-14 01:33:11 +0000 UTC]

No doubt!Β  Very adorable.Β 

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LindArtz [2018-10-27 20:13:56 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE sparrows!! Β  This is wonderful! It's going to be my next desktop wallpaper.

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Keithspangle In reply to LindArtz [2018-10-27 23:07:25 +0000 UTC]

Cool!Β  Have fun with it!

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yanadhyana [2018-10-17 10:59:07 +0000 UTC]

This is a magnificent sight!

I love these birds. I remember how in the winter we made feeders on the balcony / loggia for these sparrows. Throughout the winter, birds flew to our place every morning and until the very afternoon, and sat on ropes and windowsill and in large feeders with millet. They fluffed from the cold and caught the rays of the sun, huddled close to each other. There were more than 40 of them in one visit, and we live on the ninth floor, which is quite high ))

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Keithspangle In reply to yanadhyana [2018-10-17 14:30:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!Β  They are quick to findΒ  a family of warm-hearted people who will help them through the Winter no matter how high the balcony! Β  There is a large flock that comes to my house every morning for their bird seed...then they fly back across the street to their home in the junipers.Β  Then because they are feeling safe and happy and well fed they begin to chatter, and sing.Β  Soon the whole tree is singing and you can hear them from a block away: it is one of the most relaxing sounds that I can think of.Β  When I hear the sparrows singing and chattering like that, I feel that everything is OK.

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yanadhyana In reply to Keithspangle [2018-10-19 10:51:12 +0000 UTC]

I think that every word you say should be drawn, you just magically describe what you see and feelΒ 

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Keithspangle In reply to yanadhyana [2018-10-19 13:28:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!Β  I will talk to the sparrows and perhaps we can come up with some ideas for paintings!

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yanadhyana In reply to Keithspangle [2018-10-20 12:38:52 +0000 UTC]

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Cmac13 [2018-10-15 17:02:15 +0000 UTC]

oh - and thanks for the link to the heated bird bath - this winter the guys will be enjoying nice warm baths because of you and as you know - here in NM water in winter is often more precious than food

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Keithspangle In reply to Cmac13 [2018-10-15 17:20:44 +0000 UTC]

True that!Β  I find that the water attracts more birds than the feeders!Β  Combine the two and you have an avian oasis....so long as you can keep the neighbors' cats out of the yard.

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Cmac13 In reply to Keithspangle [2018-10-15 19:04:50 +0000 UTC]

true that about the

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Cmac13 [2018-10-15 17:00:53 +0000 UTC]

we get to see that in our own back yard, every day around 3PM too

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Keithspangle In reply to Cmac13 [2018-10-15 17:21:05 +0000 UTC]

I never get tired of it!

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Axel-Astro-Art [2018-10-14 23:22:55 +0000 UTC]

It's always a joy to watch them enjoying themselves like that.
Have you seen them eating pomegranate off the trees? Sometimes it's a noisy collective ritual like this one. It's fun to watch.Β Β 

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Keithspangle In reply to Axel-Astro-Art [2018-10-14 23:55:46 +0000 UTC]

I am afraid that I have not seen that...the only pomegranate nearby is only a couple of feet tall and, to my knowledge, has produced only one pomegranate.Β  They do hit the seed and suet feeders in a similar group effort.Β  They also like to take dust baths and will do that as a group too.Β  Very well organized little guys!

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springheel [2018-10-14 21:11:35 +0000 UTC]

"Garcon: There is a sparrow in my soup!"

"Sorry, Sir: We ran out of flies!"

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Keithspangle In reply to springheel [2018-10-14 21:23:08 +0000 UTC]

Β Β 

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springheel In reply to Keithspangle [2018-10-14 21:34:15 +0000 UTC]

I still remember a flock of these rascal twisting and stretching over my garage's roof: at first, I thought they have poisoned! Then IO realized the shingles of that roof were plastic... they were enjoying the warmness!

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Keithspangle In reply to springheel [2018-10-14 21:53:40 +0000 UTC]

LOLΒ  I like how they will all hide out in a dense tree or bush and as they get to feeling all secure and safe they get louder and louder, chattering and chirping, until you can hear them from a block away.Β  It's like the bush itself is singing.

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springheel In reply to Keithspangle [2018-10-15 03:09:24 +0000 UTC]

First time I ever wanted uo strangle f bird.
My feathered clowns are Zonotrichia capensis, from Colombia. Those in the photo are a different .species.

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Keithspangle In reply to springheel [2018-10-15 03:12:40 +0000 UTC]

I think these originated in Europe.

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springheel In reply to Keithspangle [2018-10-15 04:14:39 +0000 UTC]

And for sure uhey are equally clownish there!😊

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Keithspangle In reply to springheel [2018-10-15 13:44:34 +0000 UTC]

They seem to have taken over most of the planet....like them or not, I have to admit that they have been very successful!

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springheel In reply to Keithspangle [2018-10-15 19:15:25 +0000 UTC]

No doubt...adorable rascals!

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