Fighting Over Crumbs

By Corey • June 28, 2007 • 4 comments

A story in pictures…roll over the images for pop-up captions.

Once the female House Sparrow was driven off the males turned to fighting each other:

Too bad for the House Sparrows that a European Starling was waiting in the wings:

All of the pictures were taken in Kissena Park in Queens last weekend. And, no, I wasn’t feeding the birds, just taking advantage of the fact that others were.

Tags: Birds, House Sparrows, Kissena Park, Queens, sparrows

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About the Author

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

4 Responses to “Fighting Over Crumbs”

Stephanie Jun 28th, 2007 at 11:31 am
you moved blogsites!! now it’s the bird crew!!
Mary C Jun 28th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
ROTFLOL! Great post, Corey. Everyone should get a good chuckle out of this — it kind of made my day! Thanks for sharing it.
Will Jun 28th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
It feels funny commenting over here, but even if the background has changed it’s good to see your style of writing hasn’t. Here’s to Boreal Birds on Sunday!
Corey Jun 29th, 2007 at 8:24 am
@Steph & Will: Make sure while you’re here to click around a bit…lots of good stuff that we will be updating and integrating.
@Mary C: Glad you enjoyed it and thanks!

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