Rush Hour

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Genre: Animals

Medium: Color

Date Taken: 2004-10

Categories: Birds

Camera: Sony DSC-F717, Skylight 1A

Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1000 seconds

Photo Version: Original Version

Date Submitted: 2005-03-31 4:47

Viewed: 1203

Points: 10

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Length: 15 cm
Description: Male has black bib and chest (in the spring), grey crown and reddish brown back with white wingbar. Female is buff with un-striped breast.
Call: Monotonous and not musical.

Common Sparrow or House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Abundant and closely associated with human habitation, it roosts socially and is gregarious, forming large folks often in company of other birds. Their nest is untidy, located in holes in walls, under roofs, in bushes, etc. The Common Sparrow or House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) are the only two sparrow species included in the family Ploceidae.

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sAner (4744)
[2005-03-31 5:32]

I love those little sparrows! :) Unfortunately there are disappearing in NL although we had loads and loads of these birds when I was a kid. Maybe they prefer the Turkish sun? :) Good picture, it's a nice actionshot. Well done. POV is good and details are clear. It's too bad you couldn't frame the top right bird. TFS!

Comandante (1408)
[2005-03-31 5:54]