#sparrows — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sparrows, aggregated by home.social.
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Soft Gray Visitor
Dark‑eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) visit here during the winter.
Step into a world where even the smallest moments—like the glint in a bird's eye—tell their own story.
https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #sparrows #darkeyedjunco
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Sparrows in the Sun
These are chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina) gathered and foraging on a grassy patch. The composition, in a funny way, isn’t entirely unlike a tiny, feathered version of The Last Supper.
If you enjoy photos of birds and other wildlife, take a look at my photo gallery. Sparrows are never overlooked—they're a valued and important part of my collection. Feel free to explore!
https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #sparrows #chippingsparrows
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When I started feeding them (grains of fried rice from Food King), they became very friendly.
Now that I’ve put it away, they’re gone.
(One of their young came out on the side, and was transferred rice from mom or dad!)
#sparrows #NYC #midtown #Manhattan #NewYorkCity #theatre #district #ClintonCommunityGardens #community #gardens #FriedRice -
I had to run the I95/NJT gauntlet recently. However, in northern Jersey, southbound NJT, the Thomas Edison rest area is on some marshland. So if you're gonna take a break, birding is the best break. #birding #redwingedblackbird #sparrows #njturnpike
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Solstice, Book Group, and Sweet Treats
First, Happy Solstice! James decided it was a good burger holiday and whipped up some lentil-beet-seitan burgers with sautéed onions, mushrooms, radish from the garden, arugula from the garden, and a tasty vegan ranch dressing sandwiched on whole wheat multigrain sourdough bread that I made. A delicious way to celebrate summer!
Second, Happy Father’s Day to fathers and father-figures!
Book Group
One of the things that has grown out of all the community and neighborhood stuff post Operation Metro Surge is a neighborhood social justice book group. We had our second meeting yesterday on Saturday at a nearby park because the weather was so fine.
Because we are all busy people, the group organizers decided that we would give ourselves two months and two meetings to discuss the book. That way at the first meeting you don’t have to be finished with the book, just far enough along to discuss some salient points. It kind of drags things out, but also I completely understand the reasoning and I am just fine with it.
The first meeting in May had an attendance of about 17 people. Yesterday there were only six of us with a number of folks out of town or having to deal with last minute emergencies of one sort or another.
I have not been involved with a book group in years, but a social justice book group, one in which we read pretty much all nonfiction, lends itself to a broader discussion beyond, “did you like the book?” That is a nice thing. But it turns out there are still people who have not read the book and yet manage to nearly monopolize the entire conversation. This happened yesterday when a person who just found out about the group Thursday turned up without even knowing what the book we were set to discuss was.
The book, One Day Everyone Will Have been Against This by Omar El Akkad, is about the Palestinian genocide and an indictment of the press, writers, and liberals who always have room on their lawns for signs but when it comes down to brass tacks have zero commitment to making any sort of change or even bearing witness to atrocity (too depressing and upsetting!). It is a very good book I read last fall and then skimmed through to refresh my memory. I highly recommend it. I really want to read his novel, American War. Has anyone read it?
So new clueless person joins the group and any time someone says something specific about the book, they start talking, veering off on tangents not related to the book, but to personal thoughts and experiences that were sparked by what someone said about the book. And they talked. And talked. And talked. People were clearly frustrated. I, or someone else, would try and bring the conversation back to the book, and then this person would once again launch the conversation away from the book. So frustrating!
Our book next month is Seize the Time by Bobby Seale about the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton. It will be interesting to see what happens with this person next month. The book is sadly out of print so extra grateful for libraries! And also, I just discovered the Internet Archive has the book available to borrow.
The best thing about the meeting was sitting outside on a beautiful morning connecting with neighbors. And also, there were some baby sparrows practicing flying near our picnic table. One of them landed in the basket on the back of James’s bike. Another landed on my shoulder! The parents were frantically trying to keep track of the youngsters and keep them safe. They kept flitting around, calling to the kids, and trying to keep them sort of contained and not succeeding, which raised the pitch of their calls. I’m sure parents everywhere can relate!
Food
James asked me to take the weekend off from sourdough bread baking because we still have most of a loaf of multigrain whole wheat in the freezer. So the magnificent food making goes to James this week with some delicious sweet treats.
Cinnamon rolls:
And for our Beloved Community Circle gathering Friday night, a rhubarb crisp made with fresh picked rhubarb from the garden:
I was off Friday for Juneteenth and we took the opportunity to go grocery shopping. The place we shop has a large serviceberry tree that was covered in ripe and ripening berries and no one eating them except the birds. So we helped ourselves to some and James put them in our Sunday morning sourdough discard waffles. Soo delicious! There is a serviceberry in the garden but it is too small yet to fruit. I look forward to the day when it does so we can enjoy more than one morning’s waffles’ worth.
After our book group meeting Saturday we biked over to a nearby mulberry tree and picked some ripe mulberries. Those will go in our morning porridge Monday or Tuesday. There is a mulberry tree in the garden, but it is still too small to fruit. It has grown to shoulder height, so maybe in a year or two there will be some fruit.
I am on vacation all of this coming week and look forward to spending the entirety of every morning in the garden. I’m sure I will have stories and photos to share.
#BobbySeale #bookGroup #cinnamonRolls #mulberry #OmarElAkkad #Palestine #rhubarbCrisp #serviceberry #sparrows #summerSolstice -
The Sparrow and Blossom, c.1920 - Handpainted Embossed Japanese Postcard
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Birds do it, bees do it..
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Diese EP von #Sparrows (Dallas, TX) hat wohl eine der geileren Drumproduktionen im #Blackmetal , die ich je gehört habe. Die #Blastbeats hämmern nur so durch die Wohnung.
https://sparrowsmetal.bandcamp.com/track/a-quiet-death-in-the-dark
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Sparrow Perch
Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina) left here weeks ago. One day they were everywhere, and the next day not a single one remained. I haven’t seen or heard any sparrows this week at all — even the House Sparrows, which usually linger this time of year, have been scarce. House Sparrows aside, most of them are probably headed north along with the goldfinches.
I took this image years ago, catching a lone chipping sparrow perched in a flowering oak tree.
If you enjoy photos of birds and other wildlife, take a look at my photo gallery. Sparrows are never overlooked—they're a valued and important part of my collection. Feel free to explore!
https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #sparrows #chippingsparrow
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Silver‑Crowned Sparrow
Male house sparrows (Passer domesticus) always make me think of little knights — wearing a silver helmet on their heads and a black gorget on their chest. They’re Old-World sparrows, and in North America some people still refer to them as English sparrows.
If you enjoy photos of birds and other wildlife, take a look at my photo gallery. Sparrows are never overlooked—they're a valued and important part of my collection. Feel free to explore!
https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #sparrows #housesparrow
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Sparrow Hideaway
A Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Finds Solitude Amidst the Twisted Branches.
If you enjoy photos of birds and other wildlife, take a look at my photo gallery. Sparrows are never overlooked—they're a valued and important part of my collection. Feel free to explore!
https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #sparrows #chippingsparrow
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Good morning. 🐦🐦🐦
11 May 2026
It’s early morning, and I’m typing in the dark so I don’t wake my wife. I’ve got SiriusXM running on my phone, feeding the news straight into my hearing aids. I kind of enjoy listening to Joe in the Morning while I drink my joe.
I’ve noticed how hotel technology has changed over the decades. I remember when checking in meant filling out a little questionnaire, knowing your license plate number, and being handed an actual metal key. Checking out meant going to the front desk to settle up before you left. Then hotels started slipping the invoice under the door at dawn and charging the card you checked in with. Eventually the metal keys gave way to keycards, and now even those are shifting from the old slide‑in slots to the tap‑to‑unlock style.
The hotel we’re in now still has the old‑fashioned slide‑in keycard reader. Maybe the tap locks won’t completely take over—kind of like how Betamax lost the war. Time will tell.
What really surprised me at check‑in was having to sign an actual piece of paper that included the make and model of my car. I haven’t had to do that in at least a decade, and I’ve stayed at this hotel before. When I asked about it, they said it was in case something happened with the car—like if I left the lights on. It also doubled as a sort of affidavit acknowledging that the rooms are non‑smoking.
The old saying came to mind: two steps forward, one step back.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” — Bert Lance
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them.” — Lao Tzu
“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #flowers #sparrows #housesparrow
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🐦🏙️ Scientists in #Poland found that city #birds like #pigeons and #sparrows consistently fly away sooner when approached by women. The researchers observed this behavior across multiple cities but have not determined the reason for the difference.
#animals #ecology #science #biology #nature #research #ornithology #wildlife
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The Savannah Sparrows have returned bringing the promise of summer days with them. (Yes, I’m weary of cooler than normal weather.)
#birds #birding #sparrows #spring #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature
