House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
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House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 17 Aug 2008
This female house sparrow is extracting seeds from a pampas grass plume. Every year between 30 and 40 sparrows descend on the 2 clumps of pampas grass in my garden to feed on the ripening seeds. This can be very entertaining as sometimes 3 or 4 birds can land on a single stalk and bounce up and down.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.618185
Longitude
-2.804642