A story in pictures…roll over the images for pop-up captions.
Once the female House Sparrow was driven off the males turned to fighting each other:
Too bad for the House Sparrows that a European Starling was waiting in the wings:
All of the pictures were taken in Kissena Park in Queens last weekend. And, no, I wasn’t feeding the birds, just taking advantage of the fact that others were.
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
you moved blogsites!! now it’s the bird crew!!
ROTFLOL! Great post, Corey. Everyone should get a good chuckle out of this — it kind of made my day! Thanks for sharing it.
It feels funny commenting over here, but even if the background has changed it’s good to see your style of writing hasn’t. Here’s to Boreal Birds on Sunday!
@Steph & Will: Make sure while you’re here to click around a bit…lots of good stuff that we will be updating and integrating.
@Mary C: Glad you enjoyed it and thanks!
What were they eating?
If I remember correctly after 11 years it was the remnants of a muffin.