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momPaws · Post by **momPaws** » Sun May 18, 2003 10:08 pm

ok- birdie related. This little bird has a nest in our birdhouse...he has the funniest looking eyes...he has white markings over his eyes and you can't see his actual eyes in any picture I've taken. Does anyone know what it is? Probably a common bird, but would like to know...

Honey was so gentle and cute with it...when it flew onto the deck!

momPaws · Post by **momPaws** » Sun May 18, 2003 10:12 pm

pic of the little guy...

I know this sounds weird, but his eyes seemed to be closed..could it be a blind bird??

BoxerTom · Post by **BoxerTom** » Sun May 18, 2003 10:50 pm

A sparrow of some sort? You're right - very odd head markings, tho!

momPaws · Post by **momPaws** » Sun May 18, 2003 11:23 pm

wondered if it was just me...haven't seen one like that BT. It sure is a talkative little thing.

k9Karen · Post by **k9Karen** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:41 pm

Maybe a Black-Throated Sparrow - see link

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i5730id.html

momPaws · Post by **momPaws** » Mon May 19, 2003 11:07 pm

I was looking thru my bird book today, Karen,and that's what I thought, too,,,,BUT- they are found in the US Southwest - and we live in NY?

Pat B! · Post by **Pat B!** » Tue May 20, 2003 7:26 am

a non-native species now found throughout the United States, and they kill Bluebirds, Purple Martins and other native songbirds (they've about decimated the native populations in some areas.

Here is an article about them:

http://www.wtc.ab.ca/northernskys/sparrow.htm

And here is a site that shows some of the damage they do:

http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!0C!4A! ... OWCONTROL/

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Yes!

It's an English House Sparrow . . .