Has anybody noticed the decline in house sparrows in their gardens.?

Answer 1

Commercial pesticides kill about 65, 000,000 birds every year

Homeowners that use chem lawn and equivelent kill several million more.

My garden is organic, Robins, doves and Cardinals have returned

Answer 2

Yes, I believe it is because of the reintroduction of sparrow hawks into the country after their decline. Several agencies have been making an effort to increase the sparrow hawk population in this country and have had marked success

Answer 3

Yes there are also far fewer insects on my car windscreen than there used to be.
Breeding programmes to increase sparrow hawks had helped reduce the population of sparrows as well as the decline in hedge rows now replaced by walls.

Answer 4

I form of see the decline to three quantity. that is an evolution and to me, it appears that evidently that much less people are into it whilst in comparison with 10-15 years in the past? The historic past of Halloween with regard to the traditions and customs maximum individuals grew up on have been on the upward thrust submit WWII and grew sharply from 50's all the way into the ninety's. can't say whilst it peaked yet i think of we did hit a height quicker or later. My memories fall lower back to the 80's as a baby and via that era seen the pumpkin luggage come out, lighting, backyard props and different ornamental Halloween products. It purely have been given larger into the ninety's with seasonal shops that purely offered Halloween products. I grew up in a Detroit western suburb and trick or treating became extensive in my community. Streets packed with costumed teenagers and each and each 365 days further and extra people embellished. This look to final all the way into around the early to mid-2000's yet after that, i began out to be conscious a decline in trick or treating participation and adorning in around metro Detroit in assessment to the ninety's. i think that is close by too and that i think some places do no longer have fun Halloween as much as others in spite of if that is nevertheless alive and correctly.

Answer 5

It's apparently because sparrows like to live in hedges and bushes like people used to have lining their gardens. Now everyone has ripped them up and replaced them with concrete and paving for parking on, there is nowhere for the sparrows to go any more :-(

Answer 6

yes, I have seen a decline. That is why I have started to try and look after and help the birds in my garden. I have nuts on my washing line and always have enough water for them I get a squirrel and a robin red breast and all sorts of other pretty birds becasue of this. They are nice to watch even if they do target my car nearly everey day of the week. carwash here i come- AGAIN! lol

Answer 7

I have never seen any sparrows where I live, in the Irish countryside. But my Mum living in North Devon has lots of sparrows in her town garden, and I'm always really pleased to see them. They seem as numerous as ever, actually . . . . .

Answer 8

What Sparrows? I remember when I was a kid there used to be hundreds flying about and in the gardens but hardly any now! It's those pesky Parrakeet's!

Answer 9

Yes, my bird seed has never lasted so long. Glad to hear that it isn't just me. I was worried that I was doing something wrong, for the last couple of months haven't seen many at all but the last few days have been better and they seem to be coming back.

Answer 10

Really horrible, We are missing a lot of things in this world.Because people are seem to be busy in the fastest world.They never ready to enjoy their surrounds whats going on. We are keep on missing..lovely mornings, beautiful sparrows and their lovable sounds, early morning @beaches and so on.
We are always busy...Sitting in front of computers, handling of mobiles, taking lot of pizza and coke...3G people miss lot of things. Really pity.......