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		kwhitefoot on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sparrows may be 'canary in the coal mine' for lead... They are only a pest outside their home range. In the UK they are in decline. "Conservation of the house sparrow Data suggests the UK's house sparrow population declined by 66% between 1977 and 2015, with urban populations faring worse than rural ones." https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/house-sparrow-passer-domestic...

yareally on July 19, 2024 [–]

Funny enough, so are European Pigeons and Starlings. We have too many here in the States, but on the decline in Europe.

I'm guessing part of it is due to our sanitary habits here. Lots of food is trashed in a way that makes it easy for them to forge for it.

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