Back in arctic Nebraska, house sparrows attempt to nest any time it gets
sunny and hits 30 degrees. Rock doves are worse--my mother once found an
active nest in February when the temperature was 10 below!!! Ray K

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Clarice Clark and Jerry Broadus wrote:

>
> > 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
>

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