House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae Genus: Passer Species: domesticus Profile: 2 positives 1 neutral 2 negatives Regional... This bird has been reportedly found in the following regions: Phoenix, Arizona North Little Rock, Arkansas Canoga Park, California Melbourne, Florida Rock Falls, Illinois Westchester, Illinois Coatesville, Indiana Hebron, Kentucky Clinton, Maryland Linthicum Heights, Maryland Dearborn Heights, Michigan Minneapolis, Minnesota Maben, Mississippi Conway, Missouri St. Robert, Missouri Tipton, Missouri Nashua, New Hampshire Beachwood, New Jersey Marlton, New Jersey Albuquerque, New Mexico Elephant Butte, New Mexico Himrod, New York Yonkers, New York Belfield, North Dakota Bucyrus, Ohio Dayton, Ohio Lebanon, Ohio North Ridgeville, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Gold Hill, Oregon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Elizabethton, Tennessee Fort Worth, Texas Frisco, Texas Katy, Texas San Antonio, Texas Fredericksburg, Virginia Newport News, Virginia Lakewood, Washington Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Positive Resin On Dec 26, 2008, Resin from Northumberland United Kingdom (Zone 9a) wrote: In Europe, where it is native, it is in serious decline, even being red-listed as an Endangered Species in many European countries. Negative nanny_56 On Jan 3, 2009, nanny_56 from Putnam County, IN (Zone 5b) wrote: This bird is a threat to native cavity nesters and is very invasive. Positive WaterCan2 On Jan 7, 2009, WaterCan2 from Suffolk County, NY (Zone 7a) wrote: They're everywhere here, someone up there must like them, or else 'HE' wouldn't have made so many of them. ☺ Neutral Malus2006 On Apr 20, 2009, Malus2006 from Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) wrote: Hmm I would say they are in decline even in the US- I don't see too many as in the past - the reason why some people see them often is because they use the very badly named "wildbird seed mix" which most native birds in the Eastern US snub or have to flick large amount of seed out of the birdfeeder to get at the few good seeds - House Sparrow eat what the native birds snub, namely Mullet. My grandma once have large amount of house sparrow eating at her cheap wildbird seed mix then largely disappeared when we changed to cracked sunflower seed only. They have interesting nesting habit - parking garages in downtown Minneapolis out of the rain and wind- I have seen them nest in a traffic light post - there's a hole about 2 inches wide (cap fall off or just the way it is?) and I have seen birds dart in and out of the holes for about 3 years in a row now. Negative dottyjojo On Sep 11, 2009, dottyjojo from Tipton, MO wrote: These birds are an invasive pest here, I've found them to nest over blue bird eggs and even live babies. They try to take over the purple martin houses where they agressively fight the male martins. One of my biggest complaints is they are so dirty. They don't clean their nests as they brood their babies and the nests become infested with mites, ants and other things. Definitely a pest but they persist. The best prevention for me is to clean out their nest and destroy the nesting material or they will rebuild immediately. Seems as if they can build a new nest, lay eggs and hatch the eggs before I'm through cleaning up after them.

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