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House Sparrow (female)

Passer domesticus

Photo by gwpiel10
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Found this little guy completely starved of food and out of energy. So after giving him some seeds and water (which he ate quite happily) we drove him down to a wildlife rehabilitation center where he was released a week or so later

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House Sparrow (female)

Passer domesticus

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Comments (4)
gwpiel10
Oh that's a shame! Although I guess it is too late to do anything now.
AshleyT
Thanks! And unfortunately this is an exotic and invasive species and should not have been released. Though it may seem harsh, they are supposed to be euthanized.
gwpiel10
Thanks Ashley! I added the story in the description
AshleyT
Female house finches do not have an eye stripe and do not have a bi-colored orange and gray bill. Also, since you put this in the rehabilitation mission, can you give us some info on what happened and what you did with it for it to be considered rehabilitation? Thanks.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2014

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