Dawn
I haven’t seen sparrows in a long time. I have read that they do not take well to all the cellular phone towers that have come up all over the place. One study says that the electro-magnetic fields created by the increase in mobile towers has led to the exodus of the common sparrow. It says that the navigation skill of the birds and earth’s magnetic system are correlated.
We have these towers all around us and guess what? we have no sparrows here. Even the crows are reducing in numbers. its just pigeons all the way. We see sparrow only in rural districts now. We need to get much further from the city to see these once plentiful, cheerful birds.
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Do you have sparrows where you live?
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Yes
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No
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We’re lucky to have plenty of wildlife left here, I guess. I didn’t know birds were so sensitive to electro-magnetic fields, sad to hear. ? We have sparrows but I find it difficult to take photos of them because they’re tiny and quite hyperactive.
The sparrow is the most common bird here.
Lucky you, they used to be so common here and eat from our hands and now they are gone.
To have many sparrows. They even come to visit me. I have a photo to prove what I said
I believe you dear lacho59, i wish we could do something to bring them back.
We have sparrows but they are not liked as they kill the bluebirds. Stray cats are always after the birds.
They kill?? OMG I didn’t know that, they are considered docile birds here.
Another cause of sparrow die offs, and any bird that comes near humans is domestic Cats. Billions upon billions of birds are killed every year by house cats.
We don’t have too many housecats here doc. Thank God for that.
that is good! there are many reasons why birds are changing their habits.
I wish there was a way to bring them back here again. Pigeons too chase
yes, i think there is much sadness coming if we are not careful with our world.
We saw sparrows in huge groups in stores where they would keep cereals. They were also seen in homes but these days they are nowhere to be seen.
Hmm.. I hope its not the same everywhere.
I had heard that is what is causing the mass die offs in bees as well. They get lost, can’t find the hive and die.
We have loads of bees here Kim, we have a tower just next to us like 500 meters away. I hope the bees don’t disappear too.