THE SPARROW

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THE SPARROW

By <name key="R Jowett">

Male <gap desc="figure">

<name key="Roberta Jowett"> 1996

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THE SPARROW

<reg>Contents</reg>

How <reg>sparrows</reg> look in different places <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 2.

What <reg>sparrows</reg> eat <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 3.

What <reg>sparrows</reg> build their nest with <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 4.

<reg>Babies’</reg> first outing <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 5.

<reg>Crosswords</reg> <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 7.

<reg>wordsearches</reg> <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 9.

Quiz <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 11.

5 Day Observation <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 12.

Extra <reg>observation</reg> <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page. 13.

More and more on sparrows <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page 14.

A <sic>card board</sic> bird box <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page 17

<reg>Bibliography</reg> <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page 20

Leaflets on Birds (Not sparrows). <gap desc="dot leaders"> Page 21

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How They Look in different surroundings.

If a sparrow lives in the country it should have bright and very clean looking feathers but if it lives in a town or a city it should have a very dull and drab looking coat because their feathers are <reg>covered</reg> in grime, soot and all kinds of dirt. If you look very closely at a small cock sparrow it should have chestnut brown wings, a black bib, a <reg>slate </reg> grey head and a pale grey chest. (The female has no black bib.)

male Sparrow

female Sparrow

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What <reg>Sparrows</reg> eat.

Sparrows will eat <reg>almost</reg> <reg>anything</reg>. When they eat they will eat things like, Bread, fat, Potato, seeds, insects they <reg>don’t</reg> care 1 bit what they eat. That is partly what makes them so common. In the winter the longer the <reg>bird’s</reg> beak is the more likely it is for it to survive.

Bread <gap desc="figure">

fat <gap desc="figure">

Potato <gap desc="figure">

Seeds <gap desc="figure">

Insects <gap desc="figure"> (wood louse)

<reg>ANYTHING</reg>

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What Sparrows Build Their Nests with.

Round about houses, <reg>farms</reg> and towns sparrows will make their <reg>nests</reg> for them to live in. Just like we like to live in our houses. They come <reg>wherever</reg> we come. they like to live in houses made of:

straw, <reg>hay</reg> (= <reg>dried</reg> grass.)

moss, wool

and this is all lined with feathers.

( <reg>sometimes</reg> a sparrow will see a nice looking feather on another bird and may <reg>pull</reg> it out and run away.)

moss <gap desc="figure">

straw <gap desc="figure">

hay <gap desc="figure">

wool <gap desc="figure">

feather <gap desc="figure">

(houses = Nests, what they have as <reg>their</reg> houses.)

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<reg desc="uncertain">Babies’</reg> first Outing.

Sparrows lay grey-white <reg>eggs</reg> with black spots on them.

<reg>Eventually</reg> the eggs hatch and the baby sparrows grow old enough to learn to fly. Their parents take them around and show them where to get food. Mother sparrow takes a group and so does <reg>father</reg> sparrow. You will often see them flying to and fro in your garden.

The youngsters <reg>squeaking</reg> loudly with wide open <reg>beaks</reg> of yellow-orange, wings fluttering very enthusiastically. the parent finds a crumb and shoves it straight down the <reg desc="uncertain">baby's</reg> throat. People say it is amusing to watch it happening. The male and female sparrows have no time to waste on their babies because they may have 4/5 each year so the youngsters are left on their own early and know how to look after <reg>themselves</reg> .

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Parent giving fledgling a worm.

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Across.

1. Sparrows are clean in this Place.

2. Birds have them to help them fly.

3. Birds stay away from them so they <reg>don’t</reg> get eaten.

Down

1. The name of a baby bird.

2. Worms, crumbs <reg>etc</reg>, are <reg>its</reg> ...

3. Birds are a dull colour in the ...

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FLEDGLING,

COUNTRY,

FOOD, CATS,

TOWN,

WINGS!

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Sparrows.

Bird.

fledgling.

Nest.

Tree.

Wings.

worms.

crumbs.

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See if you can find any more <sic>word</sic> in it that are not listed under the wordsearch

words can go

down

Left

Right and

diagonally

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QUIZ

1. What is a young bird called?

2. In the <reg>countryside</reg> your common sparrow would be a dull colour. True/false.

3. What animal likes to eat them?

4. Name 2 things that sparrows will eat!

5. Do female sparrows have a black bib under their chin?

6. In a town/city <reg>a sparrow</reg> would be a bright and clean colour. True/false.

7. Give 2 reasons why I didn’t see many sparrows during the summer holidays!

All the answers are <reg>somewhere</reg> in the project.

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Monday 29/07/1996 11.00 AM

Rain and no sparrows.

Tuesday 30/07/1996 11.00 AM

<reg>Weather</reg> was fine and no sparrows.

Wednesday 31/07/1996 11.00 AM

Weather was fine and a few sparrows could be seen

Thursday 01/08/1996 11.00 AM

Weather was fine and no sparrows to be seen.

Friday 02/08/1996 11.00 AM

Weather was fine and no sparrows to be seen.

<reg>I found</reg> 2 reasons why I did not spot many sparrows reason (1.) they may have been <reg>moulting</reg> so they stayed out of the way (2.) In summer they <reg>usually</reg> fly round the country more.

in front of our house there is a wall you often see sparrows pecking at it.

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Extra Observation.

06.08.96

Rain 12 45 Tuesday

Male sparrow that has not gone to the country yet

(in the Garden.)

10.08.96

Sun 1.20 Saturday

a group of sparrows on the hedge

14.08.96

<reg>Millions</reg> of sparrows in the garden

Sun 09.25 Tuesday

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More and More about sparrows.

(The house sparrow).

The House sparrow has got to be the most common bird we know to visit gardens no matter where the garden is, <reg>Although</reg> <reg>its</reg> numbers have been going down <reg>dramatically</reg> in the last few <reg>years</reg>, but they are still common.

The sparrow is now usually <sic>discarded</sic> by bird watchers all around britain.

(If you are planning to put a bird box up in your garden remember to put a <reg>metal</reg> plate around the hole for the birds to get in because if you <reg>don’t</reg> sparrows will take it over and no other birds will be able to use it).

(The Tree sparrow).

The Tree sparrow is said to be a <reg>particularly</reg> <reg>handsome</reg> bird <reg>although</reg> being a member of the sparrow family Tree sparrows can be found all around Europe despite going down in numbers in britain.

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?THE COMMON SPARROW?

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<reg>SPARROWS</reg> IN THE BIBLE <NOTE desc="no separating punctuation but heavily emphasised"> WHAT.</note>

We know sparrows are in the garden but who knew they were in the BIBLE?

They are in ...

psalm 84:3

Psalm 102:7

<reg>Matthew</reg> 10:29/31

Luke 12:7

Luke 12.6

<sic>Who</sic> even I didn’t know that!