One tough little bird

[tupe]

This English (house) sparrow (Passer domesticus) has seen a domestic
disturbance or two. He stood nearby as we ate lunch today.

[tupe]

This one seems to have all her feathers, but from the look in her eye, she's equally tough.
(My co-worker wanted to wipe the corn chip crumbs off their mouths after she fed them.)
http://typelogic.com/photos/sparrow1a.jpg

[cfcRebel]

#1 definitely needs a nice shower.
#2 has the touch guy look. :)
I just learned that there are many different species of sparrow in TX. I'll start collecting their pictures now.

[tupe]

Thanks, CFC. We heard a lot of chittering at one point, presumably sparrows fighting over scraps. Didn't really notice how beat up he was until I got a good look at the shot. (I think he has a pair of brass beaks under his wing.)

[PhotosGuy]

He looks like he's a tough little guy!

[tupe]

He looks like he's a tough little guy! Yeah - a real scrapper.:)

[chemicalbro]

very cool shots....sparrows are hard as nails.......... you see birds down feeding and a BIG crow appears.they all fly away............ not the sparrows they are like ok mr crow come and have a go if you think you'r hard enough there's 25 of us :)

[tupe]

Thanks chemicalbro. I haven't seen more than a handful of sparrows out where I live (rural/suburbs). They seem better adapted to the city. These two certainly do seem to have street smarts.