Tuesday 20 March 2007

House Sparrows (passer domesticus)





The good old spadger. Hard to believe but now on the RSPB's red list as a highly endangered species. Bet you can't eat two.

2 comments:

Lori Schmidt (LoriProPhoto) said...

I am back for the time being anyway LOL.

I love the tortoise shots. They are remarkable creatures, when I was little I had a miniature one I wonder what ever happened to it, probably went onto a new home when my folks got tired of feeding it for me.

The Mynah brings back memories of South Africa. These birds became an epidemic and a nuisance there. They came over on the ships apparantly and bred so abundantly that they became a pest, worse than pigeons. The are remarkable in that they can speak so well.

Definitely try to get some more shots of both of these, the DOF is always a problem in low light.

I love the house sparrow too. These common little birds are quite cute. We have lots of them here too. I feed them and the cardinals in the front garden.

See ya.

Lori

talj said...

Love the house sparrow shots!! Great composition's and DOF. You have really managed to capture the characters here :o)