Ephesians 3:
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
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In common language, this is the Sparrow family. But that is misleading. Not all are named Sparrow. You have Juncos, Longspurs, a Bunting, and Towhees. In Iowa, there have been seen 26 of these birds. Also, a couple of birds that are named Sparrow are not true sparrows. A list of Emberizids can be found here.
Our Lincoln’s Sparrow has returned!
This has been the time for sparrows. In the last week, we’ve seen in our yard this fellow, Swamp, White-crowned, White-throated, and our beloved Harris’s Sparrows. And this batch of Harris’s is feisty! They want no one eating their food. It was funny watching them charge after the HOSP!
Talking about House Sparrows, you may know their numbers are decreasing in their native land over in Europe. People here joke about wanting to ship them back. I have to wonder how would the Americanized HOSP handle life across the big pond? Would they be the same aggressive bird as here and then become a pest? Or would they struggle to survive as their relatives?
Not sure if I am happy or not. We got our first of the year House Wren in the yard today (29 April). They are cute little things with a perky song. But the males get bored and cause some ugly trouble for other birds. He is fairly early this year compared to last.
