Birding/Baby Sparrows

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Expert: - 6/5/2008


Question
I believe a family of house sparrows is living in a section of siding on a house that I am to do work. Not wanting to disrupt them, I'd like to know how long they will stay in the nest from hatching. They are somewhat feathered now.
Thanks.

Answer
Two weeks at the most. Nonetheless, even though I'm a bird lover, I particularly despise house sparrows. To me, they're the same as rats or mice. They are introduced illness vectors, and aggressively compete with native species for food and nesting cavities.

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Miguel Rodriguez

Expertise

Long time enthusiast of birding, specifically of the birds of the island of HISPANIOLA (Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the CARIBBEAN. Also, some knowledge of CARIBBEAN FAUNA IN GENERAL. I also have a limited knowledge of birds of Eastern North America. I am NOT A VETERINARIAN NOR A BIRD BREEDER so can not give any information regarding bird diet, nesting habits, chick raising, etc.

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Amateur ornithologist since 1992.

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Founding member of the Hispaniolan Ornithological Society.

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