How the House Sparrow Conquered America

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Ever wonder how House Sparrows made it to the United States? Learn all about their introduction, the major people and organizations involved, and why people hate them so much.
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@redscorpion9411 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I didn’t think these were invasive species! But I guess it makes sense since they can be found literally EVERYWHERE!

@oceanwanderer8065 10 ай бұрын

So can American grey Squirrels now in Europe!! God bless Birds.

@angrygoose23 2 жыл бұрын

Where I live we also have Eurasian Tree Sparrows- they’re close relatives of the House Sparrow but they aren’t quite as invasive. They mostly just hang out in pairs and they tend to stick to more suburban areas. As far as I’m aware they’re not much of a problem and they really haven’t expanded their range much. I’d be interested in learning how they ended up here. Side note: I feel like it’s kind of unfair when people say they “hate” the invasive species. I mean, their only crime is their success and we’re the reason they’re here in the first place. Besides, I can think of a certain other invasive species that has done a LOT more damage than the House Sparrow (hint- one of these creatures typed up this comment).

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

It always interested me that Eurasian Tree Sparrows haven't proliferated the same way as House Sparrows.

@angrygoose23 2 жыл бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding Most sources say that the Tree Sparrows are less aggressive and more inclined to live in natural, less human-filled areas- contrasted with their gangsta cousins that beat them up if they dare fly near their turf. It’d be cool to learn why the Tree Sparrows evolved to be less voracious tho.

@DanielHHurt Жыл бұрын

If you could have seen my baby Blue Birds that the Male English Sparrow pecked the eyes out of the 4 maybe 3 days old, killing all 4 chicks. Then the s Sparrows started building a nest right over top of the dead chicks. They are Mean, Nasty and very Invasive. And Yes the English Sparrows (House Sparrows) are much more invasive.

@gmanpomp 2 жыл бұрын

very interesting. a similar video on the starling would be great

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

@rodneycaupp5962 Жыл бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding I had to subscribe, I learned so much from this video. I became a conservationist of all living things, in balance when naturally approached.

@naturewithgabe 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of detail in this video! Nice job.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Gabe!

@gijsvermeulen5248 2 жыл бұрын

Hello... thank you for you're in depth analysis of the house sparrow.Very well done ..... Greetings Gijs

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! It took a lot of research!

@Ovenbirder 2 жыл бұрын

Great and informative! Thanks for putting in the research and extra work to create such a helpful and interesting video. If I could suggest another invasive species to profile it would first be the Mute Swan and second, the Eurasian Collared Dove.

@debbiemilka2251 10 ай бұрын

Wow ! what's the low down on the Eurasian collared dove ?

@donnaleighjenkins4952 2 жыл бұрын

I did not know any of this. Interesting story Ryan ! I have a few that show up at my feeders (here in east central Texas)but not year long residents. Seems like they show up for a while then leave. They are so cute to be so aggressive. I sure didn't know the bad side of them. Thanks for the Interesting info!!

@gerritesch3936 2 жыл бұрын

You 2 never miss

@stevesampson3780 2 жыл бұрын

Good explanation of the House Sparrow story, but where did the other Sparrow species come from? A re they native to North America, or variants of the House Sparrow? thanks - love your channel

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Steve! House Sparrows are members of the Old World Sparrows and aren’t related to any of the native US Sparrows. Old World Sparrows are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia, which is why they seem built a little differently. The native US Sparrows as far as I know have just been in the US since colonists arrived.

@raphlvlogs271 Жыл бұрын

0:57 why was the distribution map so blocky?

@dougjochims7491 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent information. I like these little guys.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@dougjochims7491 2 жыл бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding You’re definitely welcome. I appreciate the work you guys put into getting these videos out to us.

@kathycronin3571 Жыл бұрын

I just found a nesting pair here beside my house in an old tree. It's amazing to watch them take nesting materials into the tree

@catherder6552 10 ай бұрын

Huh, as a UK resident its weird to think that these little guys are considered a wide spreading invasive species over the pond. Here in the UK their numbers are supposed to have as much as halved in the last 40-50 years. I live in a quite rural area and there are a good amount of them to be seen but you regularly see them being snatched up by Sparrow Hawks and their nests being plundered by Crows.

@catherder6552 10 ай бұрын

Also I have NEVER seen them nest in one of our bird boxes, But holy crap if you have a loose tile on the roof of your house these guys WILL find a way to stuff a nest under it 😂

@ethanring447 2 жыл бұрын

I’m very interested to hear about the skylark since I almost know nothing about them

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

We'll see what we can do!

@summerz8867 7 ай бұрын

Interesting 🪶

@randyfriesen6617 2 жыл бұрын

In St. Louis we have the Eurasian Tree Sparrow, also introduced from Europe. In my yard they are almost as bad as the House Sparrow.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

We actually made a video about finding those! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7RmiMZz37uzm5c.html

@staufferfamily9629 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting- thank you! I actually think they are super cute (sorry😖), but it is sad to think of them disturbing the nests of native birds. Good to share this kind of information, so that people realize that it isn't okay to release non native birds, animals, plants, etc, into the wild.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! It's definitely a cautionary tale

@TheMightyN Жыл бұрын

To be fair, most birds often disturb the nest of others for a number of factors--you can already guess. Our ancestors just weren't on how aggressive these birds could expand over time.

@Chris_Wolfgram 5 ай бұрын

Thank you :) Very interesting video. I understand that they are detrimental to native bird populations, but they are rare around my house. Had them pop up on Merlin a few times, but actually just had one come down to our feeders for the first time last week. I guess if I could snap my fingers, and get rid of them, I would..... But I do think they are beautiful little birds, none the less.

@tvalkyrie 2 жыл бұрын

Good video content! I've been helping the Bluebird population make a come back from the last 20+ years & this sparrow is not helping them for sure. If you want Bluebirds then you must get rid of this horrific invasive species! Thanks for the good information you provide on this channel.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. We did a video about Bluebirds recently and I learned that the House Sparrows become less of a problem the farther away the bluebird boxes are from buildings and manmade structures which was interesting

@oh_k8 Жыл бұрын

If you want to save bluebirds, you must get rid of humans.🙄

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

Yup we are all connected an dwho are we to say what birds should live and what should die. @@oh_k8

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

Remeber what China did maybe these sparrows have saved America from starvation and insect pl;agues!!@@BadgerlandBirding

@musicforaarre Ай бұрын

Why don't you do a video about the carps that came from Eurasia to North America; there are several species, but I've only seen the copper hunch backed one in Lake Ontario. Aarre Peltomaa of Mississauga, Ontario

@mobilestrike5182 2 жыл бұрын

Tell you what. You come and get all the North American Fluffy Tail Rats (sorry I mean Grey Squirrels)that are driving our native Red squirrels to extinction in uk and we’ll take back our Sparrows. Lol Well researched note. Interesting. . Thanks.

@spicypotatosofttaco3227 2 жыл бұрын

😂 a fair trade, let's do it

@spicypotatosofttaco3227 2 жыл бұрын

😂 a fair trade, let's do it

@jeffreyerwin3665 8 ай бұрын

22 caliber shot shell

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

OUch they are needed. Re,ember what China did.Didn't chna at one stage kill the bird as they were messy or eating seed and then they had insect plague which was far worse and people starved.Found it.The absence of sparrows, which traditionally kept locust populations in check, allowed swarms to ravage fields of grain and rice. The resulting agricultural failures, compounded by misguided policies of the Great Leap Forward, triggered a severe famine from 1958 to 1962.🤥

@rhombifer566 3 ай бұрын

There cute little birds

@debbiemilka2251 10 ай бұрын

Here in western Arizona we have delighted in nurturning and feedingour local Gambel's quail. At first we only had the quail and it was fun to see these silly creatures. Then the pigeons came in large numbers and took muc of the food intended for the quail. The house sparrows showed up six months ago and they eat agreat deal ruining our quail feeding. They show up in the hundreds and we've stopped feeding altogether as it looks hopeless. I used to think they were so cute, but I have been reading how destructive they are and how they decimate desirable non invasive song birds andI just want them gone. Trapping is the only method to truly thin their ranks, but the job will beenormous and meanwhile the others will have to do without.

@spicypotatosofttaco3227 2 жыл бұрын

I have such conflicting emotions with these guys. Watching them grow and interact is so easy because they arent shy, so I've learned a lot about birds from them. I even took care of one with a broken wing that was sheltered under my hedge all winter. But now as I learn and respect more about ecosystems, I've come to realize that my love of the house sparrow is totally defined by how they've interacted with me, and not their place in the wild. My ancestors also colonized this area, killing and removing those who were here before, and here I am 400 years later enjoying the fruits of those invasions, stretched back on a luxurious cushion and tossing $19 seed to my practically domesticated flock of house sparrows. Ugh.

@Desperado070 Жыл бұрын

It is one big food chain and leaving only one spieces out already fs up that system. House sparrows are as much part of that as bees are and every other animal. Saying that you encestors killed everyone who came before while you have no idea what happened is disrespectful. And now call wild animals domesticated because you see them everyday...

@ORIGINALLANDEROS 8 ай бұрын

I'm a red skinned Native American and I love house Sparrows and I love my half Irish half Mexican girlfriend. We're all here now. I'm grateful for that. I have no victim mentality. My bloodline did whatever to survive. Changing our names to sound Spanish, fleeing to Wisconsin or back and forth Texas to California, and serving in the Armed Forces of the United States for three generations. I'm a Marine Corps veteran. Dad was an Army veteran. So was his dad. My younger half brother is now in the Army and I'm encouraging him to just stay in for twenty years.

@GumriRN 6 ай бұрын

Yep! The House Sparrow is a conundrum.

@davidthedeaf 5 ай бұрын

Your comment is odd. You love animals. You helped a bird survive. Now because of indoctrination you hate yourself and you hate animals. You even hate yourself for loving birds. I seriously think you need to seek a therapist. You need to learn to love yourself and your ancestors, and all animals. Only hateful cults and mentally deranged criminals would want you to fill your heart with hate for yourself, your nationality, your race, and hate animals too! Think about this.

@victorduncker5267 3 ай бұрын

Don't ever feel bad about "colonization". Every single last one of us are related to people who killed and invaded lands. "Native" Americans were busy killing each other long before the white man came along. No need to romanticize any specific people with having ties to any land. We are all just as brutal and barbaric as the rest of nature.

@CyprinusCarpioDiem Жыл бұрын

In my state you only need a hunter safety card to hunt these, and it's unlimited take and possession because they've decimated our native birds with the help of Eurasian collards and starlings

@chris5942 6 ай бұрын

I read decades ago that the much prettier house finch was going to drive the sparrows to extinction. The ratio I see is vastly different that this claim. I have many many more sparrows around than house finches. You say they lack natural predators in North America? Don't let the hawk I have around that hunts them. I see the hawk on the fence by the bird feeder almost daily.

@Beryllahawk 2 жыл бұрын

Huh, fascinating. I didn't know they were hated so much - but then, I'm very very new to birding so that would be why! I did know they were an introduced species, and I've seen how aggressive they can be at times. I watched a quartet of these tough little guys drive off a crow once, harassing it endlessly until it gave up and flew completely away from "their" parking lot. I'm wondering if most "parking lot birds" are also introduced... Time to do some reading!

@MsDee_777 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video! Learned a lot about these little ones. Occasionally around this time of the year I can hear and watch the males making a ruckus fighting each other 🤣 So much drama 🙄

@steventurner8428 10 ай бұрын

I live in South Australia, hear we call them "SPOGGIES"( don;t know why) and my understanding is that these birds are CHINESE SPARROWS, brought by the chinese who immigrated to Australia during the gold rush period. and are every where now. They can threaten native bird populations by filling nesting logs with grass nesting material, as can the starling but don't really do any other damage. On my farm we have a resident breading population that makes a hell of a mess in sheds during nesting time. Often some young fall from nests and if found we hand raise and release them. We also have some that cant be released as indoor pets.They are quiet little birds that cause no harm.

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

Scottish call them Spuggies adn there are a lotof scottish immigrants in Oz .

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

I agree what harm? Maybe in human terms.Didn't chna at one stage kill the bird as they were messy or eating seed and then they had insect plague which was far worse and people starved.Found it.The absence of sparrows, which traditionally kept locust populations in check, allowed swarms to ravage fields of grain and rice. The resulting agricultural failures, compounded by misguided policies of the Great Leap Forward, triggered a severe famine from 1958 to 1962.

@otteottema6839 Жыл бұрын

It is the brow which is buff, not the eyestripe

@reginaldarbruthnot1766 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your perspective on the sparrow and it’s journey through North America. It is not an entirely unbiased perspective because you have conflated them with pests, albeit with sociological justification (although human spread is no different). But your video leaves one disliking this life form which is disappointing - you do understand - humans are not much different and a little introspection on your part and all ours will have us stop casting stones at glass houses since we live in them. All said, thank you for your efforts in videography and recording these hardy and simple lives about us

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

Didn't chna at one stage kill the bird as they were messy or eating seed and then they had insect plague which was far worse and people starved.Found it.The absence of sparrows, which traditionally kept locust populations in check, allowed swarms to ravage fields of grain and rice. The resulting agricultural failures, compounded by misguided policies of the Great Leap Forward, triggered a severe famine from 1958 to 1962.🤥

@Adnancorner Жыл бұрын

Interesting, foreigner immigrant settlers from Europe in North America calling other species as "alien"

@StellarLimpkin Жыл бұрын

How get here, did they

@Frostie3672 8 ай бұрын

Love these little birds, they are in severe decline here in the uk & need all the help they can get so I've always got food & water available for them & all the birds that visit my garden. There's a large group living in a bush out the front of the house.

@mission_new-earth 7 ай бұрын

Smart birds

@boblangill6209 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a group of them attack and destroy a robin's nest, throwing the eggs to the ground. I was eight at the time, and my grandmother, of Scottish descent, referred to them as "English Sparrows."

@jamesrodriguez2915 10 ай бұрын

Dam colonizer bird lol

@laurie8238 2 жыл бұрын

They are killing me. Since our city has grown from a rural area to a urban city they are multiplying worse than rabbits along with starlings. They keep trying to take over my bluebird and chickdee houses. I've tried to trap them with no luck, they are lucky that I can't use a firearm in the city or they would be toast. The sad fact is at the rate they multiple if we don't do something soon our native birds will have no chance as we ourselves keep building cities. Both starlings and house sparrows thrives in urban cities where the majority of our native birds dont.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good point about how the cities grow it only makes more space for these urban birds

@laurie8238 2 жыл бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding were I work we have hundreds of both sparrows and starlings I had a videos on how invasive they are in a urban setting, I deleted it but I think I need to make another one. They are not shy one bit as we go out on our side lot to load fencing and gates for people. To me they are just as bad a cockroaches

@snowyowl5556 2 жыл бұрын

@@laurie8238 all i can picture now is you coming out with a shotgun to get rid of house sparrows 🤣

@GumriRN 6 ай бұрын

Incredible! Who’d believe the House Sparrow was a type Illegal Immigrant? What I’d like to know, are there types of seed that the Sparrow CAN’T EAT? Clearly, they’re very efficient cracking Black Oil Sunflower seeds. But are there seeds they can’t eat?

@BadgerlandBirding 6 ай бұрын

I’ve heard they don’t like safflower or thistle seed

@GumriRN 6 ай бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding I’ll give that a try.

@deborahclayton3101 Жыл бұрын

I was under the impression they breed several times a year….is that true?

@ArianaSarahaFlightBehavior Жыл бұрын

7:53 ~ hmm, reminds me of someone else 🤔 (hint: #LandBack)

@johnhartley3596 2 жыл бұрын

Thought you’d be interested: the Science section of today’s NY Times has a story about the introduction of starlings to the US. Several other bird-related articles appear as well.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

They heard we were releasing an invasive bird video and wanted to jump on the bandwagon!

@naughtseeingeye7767 6 ай бұрын

I always loved house sparrows, both in Japan and the States

@7SeasVans 6 ай бұрын

I love Sparrows ❤

@ABirdersParadise 2 жыл бұрын

Tbh, I like House Sparrows and European Starlings. Sure, they have some negative aspects, but so do other birds. For example, Pine Siskins get salmonella really easily, and they sit at a bird feeder for hours, thus spreading the disease and emptying all your birdseed onto the ground. Feces from any bird species can mess up the soil for sensitive plants. Most hawks, corvids, and woodpeckers prey on smaller birds and/or nestlings. The fact is, if you focus on the negative aspects, there are plenty of other birds with problems. If you focus on the positive aspects, you'll discover happiness in seeing all the birds, even the invasive ones. I, for one, enjoy birds immensely, and I always get excited when I see and hear House Sparrows because they always sound so happy.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

They are kind of like angry little companions to humans lol Each creature does certainly have pros and cons to it

@nickpaarlberg73 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys. I have been asking around on Facebook groups and no one has an answer that satisfies me. Does anyone know why the female Kingfisher is prettier than the male? It is one of the only female birds that I can think of that is more colorful than the male. I know most females are less attractive to blend in with nests and protect their babies. Just wondering why the kingfisher doesn’t follow this standard.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Nick! Great question. Looks like they’re still doing research on it but it could have to do with testosterone levels. Other birds like Phalaropes also display the characteristics of females being more brightly colored than males. Here’s an article about the Kingfishers. www.allaboutbirds.org/news/why-do-female-belted-kingfishers-have-an-extra-rust-colored-belt-that-the-males-dont-have/

@nickpaarlberg73 2 жыл бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding Interesting information. Thanks for sharing! :)

@JayaKhandekar-nn7nb Жыл бұрын

Why suddenly birds stopped visiting backyard

@DanielHHurt Жыл бұрын

I shortened the life span of the male English Sparrows that pecked the eyes out of my Blue Bird chicks by introducing them to my 12 gauge Beretta shotgun. Also, the Sparrows and Starlings tried to take over my 2 Martin Houses. Starlings went in and got Martin's eggs and threw out to ground and broke.

@user-lw5xs8sp7b Жыл бұрын

I just found a nest of babies in my purple Martin house! Needless to say they were removed. I just wish I would have gotten to the eggs first. Wasn’t the easiest thing for me to do but I have a nest of baby blue birds, and I will do anything to protect them!

@birdingthenation 2 жыл бұрын

A house sparrow using my nest box chased away a tree swallow trying to get in today. Would much rather have a tree swallow using my nest box…

@somemaden Жыл бұрын

Lol, like humans, which are The PIS. (Primary Invasive Species) is the authority! I love the way we pick and choose. Sure we hate the rats, bed bugs, and roaches, that tag along.But we love our bees, earthworms, and massive array of crops.

@Desperado070 Жыл бұрын

House sparrow: and you stupid people thought you conquered amurica?!? Well, watch this.

@holymelon8011 3 ай бұрын

These little chunky parkinglot loiterers are my fave bird, I thought they were finches xo, you know what I don't care theyr still my fave

@BadgerlandBirding 2 ай бұрын

Parking lot loiterers sounds like the name of a grunge band

@holymelon8011 2 ай бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding that'd be a good one for sure

@sherrie6492 Ай бұрын

Totally agree. I also had heard they are part of the Weaver Finch family. And via a nest cam i watched a male house sparrow Weave together a dome like structure over the top of the nest he had built. Even though it was in side a nest box. It was fascinating I live in the Pacific northwest and there are no purple martins here. There are Western bluebirds But i have never seen one in my area . I did have a pair of tree swallows use a nest box in my yard and raise a family. Without being bothered by the resident house sparrows. The numerous Goldfinches that came to my feeders did not have to compete. They weren't bothered. Except by Red winged blackbirds. occasionally. I like them.. not sorry!

@Appophust 9 ай бұрын

The house sparrow is extremely genetically and behaviorally similar to the tree sparrow. In fact, they're so genetically similar that they will cohabitate and can even breed and produce viable offspring. I'm personally of the opinion that they're mostly genetically crossed by now. At this point it's impossible to get rid of the house sparrow genetics. And honestly, EVERYTHING could use some biodiversity.

@cw6136 Ай бұрын

Tell that to now endangered blue bird, and the declining purple martin and chickadee populations...

@Appophust Ай бұрын

@@cw6136 that's also just how natural selection works. Humans keep assuming we're somehow "unnatural" or apart from other animals. We're not. If it hadn't been us, there would have been a million other "native" plants that could have been moved around in various ways so as to become "invasive." Are we most likely the cause of the most recent mass extinction event? Most likely. Is this unnatural? Absolutely not. The only way we can stop what we're doing is by offing our entire species. And as most of us don't enjoy being deleted, that's not going to change anytime soon. So yeah, I'll tell it to the bluebird and purple Martin. And the dodo.

@raphlvlogs271 Жыл бұрын

Eurasian birds such as the house sparrow could have already reached the Americas much earlier due to hitching a ride on colonial era cargo ships

@saltator8565 Жыл бұрын

I'm not aware of a single Eurasian bird with an established population in America that got here via hitchhiking.

@jackiejones9831 2 жыл бұрын

Brown Headed Cow Birds are the bullies in my yard. I sure wish they'd leave.

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

A sentiment shared by many lol We should start a support group!

@ArianaSarahaFlightBehavior Жыл бұрын

Their spread was also aided by humans

@kevinpoe8137 Жыл бұрын

Maybe we need to start teaching cooper’s and sharp shin hawks to hunt these and help keep the population down

@fatjeezussouthtexasoutdoor5244 3 ай бұрын

House sparrow and brown dove are 90% of the birdies at my feeder

@BadgerlandBirding 3 ай бұрын

What’s a brown dove?

@fatjeezussouthtexasoutdoor5244 3 ай бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding umm, not a white dove!?

@vgcf86 3 ай бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding mourning dove

@HasretBitsinMelegim 7 ай бұрын

I have them in my yard , stop calling them pests, falcons feed on them, specially winter time , from beginning to end of winter sparrow population goes down more then half because of falcon attacks , I even saw day time in the middle of cold snowy winter owls feed on them.They are very important for ecosystem and I love them.

@FangBlah 6 ай бұрын

Where I live, they are a pest, like rats with wings. They are invasive and they kill native birds and take over their nests...

@nickpaarlberg73 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely hate these guys. They would hands down be in the final two with EUSTS and likely win an America’s Least Favorite Bird contest. Doing everything I can do eradicate them from my property. They caused failed broods of my Blues two years in a row. Got the Van Ert Trap and DRST up and going!

@acriley87 11 ай бұрын

I’ve shot them with my slingshot since I was a kid and still do to this day, along with rock pigeons and European Starlings.

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

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@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

what harm? Maybe in human terms.Didn't chna at one stage kill the bird as they were messy or eating seed and then they had insect plague which was far worse and people starved.Found it.The absence of sparrows, which traditionally kept locust populations in check, allowed swarms to ravage fields of grain and rice. The resulting agricultural failures, compounded by misguided policies of the Great Leap Forward, triggered a severe famine from 1958 to 1962.

@unasperanza9803 5 ай бұрын

@cedarhatt-vx8kf 2 ай бұрын

That was in china and being in the midst of the communist revolution I would bet alot of that was aided by mao policies, Famine being one of the communists very favorite weapons. They are attacking the food supply in America now and will cry “climate change” to get the population clamoring for the government to “do something”. Canada already has a robust euthanasia program. Can, can, can, waterglass eggs can last 2 years or more. Real pemmican lasts an easy decade probably 2.

@markc3197 Ай бұрын

Invasive species = highly successful I’m so tired of hearing from the people picked last in physical education

@dudleygoodwin4902 Жыл бұрын

Leave it to the rich to screw things up, they're doing a fine job now in United States! Sorry to hear these little birds are such a pest, I'm always liked little sparrows they always seem so cheerful! I like to hear them chirp, I live up on a ridge now and for some reason there's not a sparrow in sight , guess they don't like high places!

@snowyowl5556 2 жыл бұрын

Let's all just train the outside cats to only kill house sparrows...

@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын

Or do we train the House Sparrows to kill the feral cats? #housesparrowspecialops

@snowyowl5556 2 жыл бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding Ah, there's a dilemma 😅

@graywoodfoxwell1931 2 ай бұрын

@rhombifer566 3 ай бұрын

That's not true they do have predators

@Awakeningspirit20 Жыл бұрын

Unless the birders have a name like "Little Beaver," they should think less in the hypocritical terms of species from across the sea conquering these continents and instead have more the resolve to do better about preserving the natives of these continents this time around, be they human, animal, or plant. These beauties are as North American as we are at this point; who are we to judge?

@BadgerlandBirding Жыл бұрын

Note the rap up in the video lol

@wesb123 10 ай бұрын

I hate them. I’ve never caused harm to one and never would but they drive off literally EVERYTHING else 😠

@vgcf86 3 ай бұрын

babies!

@shirleywilhelm1495 5 ай бұрын

Startlings

@REgamesplayer 10 ай бұрын

No, house sparrows are not invasive species. I feed them. They are too cute to be bad. They are nesting in our apartments together with other cavity nesting birds.

@rodneycaupp5962 Жыл бұрын

I am more pure against wiping this species out , because other species of birds would go with them. Fact is, their perfect environment is the entire HUMAN SCAPE, all over America. I was upset when 3oo birds suddenly went away due to poison. I say they are protected from poisons we would not ingest or spray on our foods. Humanity need accept this new species in this habitat.

@ChildofYHVH Жыл бұрын

Well done video. I have a solution and it comes in .177, .20, .22, .25, .30, and .35!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

@TheMightyN Жыл бұрын

Bullshit. The whole "lack of natural predator" excuse is malarky seeing how American ecosystems/fauna are adjacent to the ones found in Europe--they have Bears, Deers, Foxes, Wolves, Crows, Bison, Rodents, and of course, Raptorial birds. Not mention the introduction of the domesticated cats during our colonialism. Clearly, our priorities never paid much concern regarding this bird--and why would it? For one thing, House Sparrows are a peculiar species and group up in large communities along with that they are adorable. They also tend to clutch up to 4 to 5 eggs--sometimes 10. Leaving one negative reason. Second, is they barely have a negative effect on humans, unless they're nesting in houses or inside public locations which could effect the produce--negative 2--but that rarely results in any consequences. I am fairly sure the overbreeding and lack of our knowledge from the time is what integrated these cuties into the New World with better results. I say this because the European Starling and Rock Doves a.k.a the Common Pigeon also are successfully invasive species that compete with other birds, but they seem to have lesser an impact. Which isn't saying much for Sparrows anyway since other cavity nesting birds don't seem to be too effected by their presence further evolving to counter these birds. I hate to sound ignorant but seems as the only reason these birds are on the hit list is because of someone's selfish intentions.

@er98ah Жыл бұрын

Hate these birds they come to my house they die

@er98ah Жыл бұрын

@@BobY-vl2oj I would but I’m having a really difficult time exterminating mine. First I was gonna shoot them with a bbq gun but that was too loud and I live in the suburbs. Next I tried to trap them with a decoy bird house but they won’t come in. So next I might put food and a call in the bird house

@franciscoluna9596 Ай бұрын

INVASIVE humans talking about invasive birds. Now thats insane!

@denesespann5099 2 жыл бұрын

I love my little Brown Jobs OMG y'all better leave my babies alone

@andrewsarchus4238 10 ай бұрын

What kind of a sicko do you have to be to detest a bird?

@ice-coldspear9193 10 ай бұрын

We love our house sparrows in Europe, too bad they have such a bad rep in the US.

@BadgerlandBirding 10 ай бұрын

It’s not that they just have a bad rep, they cause a lot of destruction. Specifically they’ll rip bluebird young and adults from their nest and be very aggressive to other species. Would love to see some in their native lands in Europe sometime though!

@ice-coldspear9193 10 ай бұрын

@@BadgerlandBirding Never knew they could be so aggressive, here it's our favorit friendly little bird. Goes to show what we know ;) Its still our nr 1 or 2 bird but in some cities the decline is over 90%. The cause is lack of big hedges and lack of old houses with walls to enter from the outside (supposedly). Maybe keep that in mind if you want to save the bleubird.

@FangBlah 6 ай бұрын

They are like rats with wings, and they kill native birds and take over the nests...