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aka-chmeee

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12. Science teacher at school where I work

Reply to nick of time (Reply #11)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:01 PM

Feb 2013

Offered to come live trap some sparrows to help feed the school's collection of snakes. Hard to decide. When I was a kid, my dad paid a nickle bounty on sparrows and I dispatched bunches with BB gun. Now, it irks me to see so many out there but, damn it, sparrows need to eat too.

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The Great Backyard Bird Count [View all] hedgehog Feb 2013 OP

I saw a female cardinal earlier dlwickham Feb 2013 #1

Hundreds of redpolls here. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #2

HUNDREDS of sparrows fighting in this huge ball from tree to tree this morning DainBramaged Feb 2013 #3

You're sure they're fighting? hedgehog Feb 2013 #5

Oh you mean maybe boinking? DainBramaged Feb 2013 #6

Spring, soon! hedgehog Feb 2013 #8

Sparrows are awesome birds. nick of time Feb 2013 #7

check this out. Bested viewed in large screen. warrior1 Feb 2013 #4

We had 500+ blackbirds in our front yard this morning underpants Feb 2013 #9

At my feeder aka-chmeee Feb 2013 #10

Sparrows have a nasty habit of running out the native nick of time Feb 2013 #11

Science teacher at school where I work aka-chmeee Feb 2013 #12