Ileana Calotescu
We can meet them wherever people live. They are extremely adaptable, do not fear people, or even prefer to stay close to them. It is an expansive, naughty, aggressive but lovely bird. It is one of the birds that stay with us all year round.
With the coming of the cold they have a more difficult life. Anyway, in this photo they seem totally helpless ! At least, it seemed to me, when I found these sparrows in the park.
My previous post: The first snow
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Do you think they will survive the cold?
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Yes
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No
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You have a great eye for pictures, thank you for sharing the pictures!!!!
Thank you very much! The photographer’s eye is formed over time. It’s true that sometimes my eye sees insignificant things that look great in photography. I think it’s native.?
I suspect if we still used 24 and 36 exposure rolls (film) and I took 10,000 fewer pictures per year I would be a horrible photographer. Taking 14,000 plus pictures a year has helped me get to average.
Nice sparrows, don’t they feel cold?
Oh, them little birds look far too cute to be naughty! I love that photo. How beautiful!
They are absolutely cute enough for me to wish them survival in all climes
These are found all over the USA. We call them House Sparrows. They were brought to the USA in the 1840s by a professor of English Literature who thought it would be a terrific idea to bring all of the birds that Shakespeare mention to the USA. Fortunately he failed and only managed to bring these and the European Starling. Both species have become pests.
Anyway, Chicago winters don’t seem to bother the House Sparrow.
We also have house Sparrows(Passer domesticus) but these are Tree Sparrows(Passer montanus). They are a little bit different by color.
Aah. I’m not all that good at identifying sparrows. P. montanus has also been introduced into the USA where they are known as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow to differentiate them from our native American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea).
They are survivors for sure. Great photo.
I hope so! Thank you , Carol!
Of course they will survive. They are all puffed out and protecting themselves. Thanks for the great picture.
Stiu asta dar, in the winter the sparrows find their food hardly. This causes their weakness and affects resistance to cold. Thanks for the comment!
Beautiful captures of sparrows! Hope they will be ok!
Thank you! I hope we do not have a very heavy winter!