I saw a crow try to catch a sparrow today. Never saw that ever! Never saw a sparrow fly out of a maple and bury itself halfway in snow, either. That is what caught my eye... what a strange thing for the sparrow to do??? It seemed to be having a hard time to get out of the snow. It was odd because it was 3" off fluffy snow... it's like the sparrow was goading the crow into thinking it could catch it but it lifted with ease when the crow came after it. A game?

I fed a whack of birds today with suet from a smoked ham as I was making a boiled dinner. Didn't put out any cabbage from the pot... do sparrows fart? I have never heard a sparrow fart. Maybe they only fart during the dark hours? Maybe my hearing is on the wane. Maybe if I fed them cabbage. Maybe I could ask Environment Canada for a grant to study this? If it got published, I could apply for a grant to assess chickadee farts but I assune that would require VERY sensitive equipment.

Happy birding in 2013.