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Very sharp picture of this bird - 100-500 R7

Started 3 months ago | Photos thread
BobKnDP Senior Member • Posts: 3,140
Re: Very sharp picture of this bird - 100-500 R7

ZX11 wrote:

BobKnDP wrote:

rreichar wrote:

BobKnDP wrote:

Very nice.

I wish that I could ID sparrows (if that is one).

That’s a male House Sparrow.

Thanks.

I'm not a birder, although I keep feeders in my front yard. Didn't think to check using my rarely-used Sibley.

They are also known as an English sparrow. An invasive non-native pest bird in my area. They aggressively drive out native colorful birds. Where they are, you will most likely see few other bird species. At least not many.

Shooting them on sight is recommended by naturalists. Along with Starlings.

Though that was a good job shooting them with the RF 100-500

Shoot on sight? Guess I'll need that high-capacity magazine for my AR-15.

My first grade teacher (in 1960) tried to persuade her students to kill starlings with "bird bolos". I think that she had no takers.

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