The humble sparrow 1

Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 4 August 2007 in Animal & Insect.

Sparrows have recently come back into my sphere of interest thanks to Matt who produced an amazing series on them. This mini-series was taken along the Yarra river at Southbank, Melbourne.
Sparrows were introduced to Australia from Britain and have yet not spread to Western Australia. I remember a huge media alert one year when I was living over there. A sparrow had been spotted flying off a docking ship in a southern port. The populace were out looking for it. Everyone was talking about the scourge! (It was quite a while ago and I don't remember well, but I do recollect the conclusion was something like a farmer shooting it.)

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