Subject: Re: Re. Waterfowl of Lost Lagoon
Date: Mar 10 07:29:24 1996
From: Patrick Scott - scott931 at uidaho.edu




On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Jack Bowling wrote:

> there is now a suburban emptiness of modern house design replete with House
> Sparrows and House Finches.

Poor House Sparrows! Poor House Finches! Equated with suburban
emptiness! Ack! ARGH!
Our little sparrow friends are the only thing that makes apartment life
worth living-- they build a nest every year in a hole above our bedroom
and raise several broods there. Their little chirps wake us up in the
morning better than any alarm clock (although, still not as good as the
cat digging out on our faces). I have to admit I'm quite enamored with
these little guys (I can hear one "schshwerping" right now...)! But, on
the other hand, we still have a lot of biodiversity-- though it may not
be the same kind you desire. We have tons of Robins, Black-billed
Magpies, House Sparrows, House Finches, Starlings, Northern (Are they
red-shafted now?) Flickers, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Kestrels,
Cooper's Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, Great Horned Owls, and Ravens. That's
just the birds. And we live in the ugliest, most suburbany, yucky
hell-hole of an apartment building that could be conceived under present
building codes.
So maybe there's hope after all?

-Pat
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