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House sparrows are not shy (1 Viewer)


Birds of prey rarely attack house sparrows because of where they primarily hang out, mostly in public or residential areas. But it's not just animal predators. Nature has a way of keeping the population of a species in check, whether by predators, disease, climate, habitat, and other environmental factors. When you introduce a species into a new environment, sometimes (not always) it isn't subject to the same stresses and is able to propagate without bound, like house sparrows.
 
Birds of prey rarely attack house sparrows because of where they primarily hang out, mostly in public or residential areas.

Not true. Over most of North America, Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks visit suburban backyards on a regular basis in the non-breeding season, particularly those with feeders, where they eat whatever they can catch “regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or national origin”
 
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