> Subject: House Sparrows Breeding?


> I have a swallow/chickadee house in my yard that, no matter
> how diligent I tried to be, was inhabited by House Sparrows this
> year. Yesterday, I swear I saw a couple of these guys hanging
> out and going in the box. Could they still (again) be breeding
> or are they just looking for a warm winter spot?
I dispatched an apparently freshly fledged juvenile house sparrow
late last week, caught in a squirrel trap.
He was still pushing out tail feathers, and the parents were
in attendance and calling to him in the trap.
Clarice Clark
jbroadus at seanet.com
Puyallup, WA. 98371