Disappearing Sparrow by danob
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Description
One little bird the Sparrow is in serious decline used in Cockney slang for a good little friend my "old cock sparra" Numbers have declined at an alarming rate. An extreme example is London's Kensington Gardens where the number of sparrows dropped from 2600 in 1925 to 544 in 1975 and to eight three years ago.
Nobody seems to know why with a host of possible causes from petrol fumes to building practices that do not provide the hidey holes for them to nest.. Anyway I wanted to produce an image of a little hen bird perhaps looking for a mate, for my local wildlife society who are doing some research but had to go to the Netherlands to find one..
Take care of our world if the commonest little bird can become endangered so can we all
Comments (29)
Beautifull bird...!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope people and governements will start taking pollution and general environmental problems more seriously... and take more EFFICIENT mesures to correct those problems... our survival depend on the survival of all other life forms on our planet and it is time we all realise how true it is...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the wire netting (and the colored background) makes this image very special... Outstanding capture, Danny ! And indeed I share your fear for the decline of the sparrows ! :~)
sweety little - we have plenty around here!
adorable ! Bravo !
Great capture.....
Sounds like they need all the help we can give them. Oddly enough, I couldn't help but notice lots of sparrows where I live this year. Very intriguing shot, that net gives me the impression of impending doom, maybe that's just a suggestion of your text??? but it's all awareness though.....right!!!
So this is probably a sparrow living in Heerlen then ? Well, I very well know what you are talking about. When I was young, the sparrow was the most common bird around. Nowadays, I do not see them every year. Until last year every year a group of sparrows would nest in (not under) my roof. This year I saw none. Why is this so ? I don't know.. you see, I had a nesting site and they left it..there must be something else happening to them.. I wish I knew what it was so I could possibly help those little birds a little bit more.
such a sad look this bird has......so far I can remember you took it here in Holland, not sure but I guess so....I like the net and the colours....great title as well.....very well done
So precious, you take the best photos of birds. How about a beautiful goldfinch!!!!!
We have many here (Virginia) and they do well. Sorry to hear of the problems there.
A so cute little bird. And a powerful shot and message... If everybody could understand that we are all responsable about the extinction of so many animals, birds, vegetation. It's time to begin a new way of life, and to try to do something for our little planet, each one could do little things for the environnement, and little things, put together, made big things..... You're right, we must take care of our world if we want to save him, and let to the future generation all the marvels we have.... Thank you for that Danny. Hugs
Fabulous capture Danny... total perfection !
Very impressive presentation!!
I'm thrilled by this. It is crisp, clear, clean and behind the mess even! Excellent capture of a tiny creature that nearly never is still. Great job.
Wise words and fine capture ;-)
Lovely!
Lovely capture,Danny...I had no idea about their plight.I thought they were fairly commonplace.But if could happen there,it could happen here,too...Thanks for the warning and words of wisdom.
Such a sad story!!! I'm a believer in amazing comebacks, so here's to that!!!!!!!
What a story Daniel!! Lovely capture and it just excellent. Thank you and have a very nice day JOE
Hope they survive this earth. Excellent. Aloha
To me it has always been a comfort to see the little sparrows flying about, so much a part of nature and life. To learn they are disappearing is very alarming and disturbing. The precious sparrow behind the fence seems particularly poignant. CC
Fascinating bird portrait! He looks really cute this little guy! Thanks for posting it! Bravo!!!
Soooooooooooo lovely!!!!bravo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
Very nice bird portrait,good capture picture erland
Super shot!!!
Is a fantastic capture Dan!!! And yes, I'm sure it is the pollution to make a wrong life for this birds... We need to protect the world now, before it's too later... Good day and hugs :D
Splendid shot and beautiful soft background.......!!!!!
How is it that such a common bird here can be on the verge of extinction there..? If you need some, we got them by the thousands here...Nice shot~ Aloha~
Excellent shot!!!