In the 1990s I lived in the inner Melbourne suburb of Armadale. We had both House and Tree Sparrows more or less resident in our front garden. The interesting thing about them was that the smaller Tree Sparrows were clearly higher in the pecking order than their larger cousins. Richard —–Original Message—–From: Birding-Aus … Read more
Until recently we were domiciled in Mulgoa Valley, semi-rural with House Sparrows resident and thriving. Until the horse people next door departed, about five years ago, in retrospect it was over the ensuing months that the sparrows disappeared, only one or two briefly passing through. The decline has been worldwide. The most appealing explanation is … Read more
Am briefly in downtown Melbourne, outside the Town Hall, and amazed at the number of House Sparrows. None in Sydney or Brisbane . What has Melbourne got that they don’t ? Cheers. Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Unsolicited advertising should be almost immediately terminated by clicking on the usually very fine print saying “unsubscribe” or similar at the bottom of the email. Sent from my iPhone > On 6 Feb 2019, at 4:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe … Read more
