House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Mesa, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Canoga Park, California
Gilroy, California
Big Pine Key, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Melbourne, Florida
Port Richey, Florida
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Montpelier, Idaho
Algonquin, Illinois
Granite City, Illinois
Hinsdale, Illinois
Rock Falls, Illinois
Westchester, Illinois
Coatesville, Indiana
Corunna, Indiana
Kalona, Iowa
Panora, Iowa
Yale, Iowa
Hebron, Kentucky
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Clinton, Maryland
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Halifax, Massachusetts
Dearborn Heights, Michigan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maben, Mississippi
Conway, Missouri
Saint Louis, Missouri
Saint Robert, Missouri
Tipton, Missouri
Nashua, New Hampshire
Beachwood, New Jersey
Marlton, New Jersey
Rutherford, New Jersey
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Elephant Butte, New Mexico
Himrod, New York
Panama, New York
Yonkers, New York
Belfield, North Dakota
Bucyrus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Lebanon, Ohio
North Ridgeville, Ohio
Sidney, Ohio
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gold Hill, Oregon
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Whitehall, Pennsylvania
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Austin, Texas
Cleburne, Texas
Desoto, Texas
Euless, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Katy, Texas
Leander, Texas
Mc Kinney, Texas
San Antonio, Texas(2 reports)
, Virginia
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia
Walkerton, Virginia
Lakewood, Washington
Appleton, Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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pmmGarak
If you're good to them, they'll nearly take breadcrumbs off your hands. Really very likeable chaps.
coriaceous
Aggressive, noisy, and quarrelsome, I find them unpleasant to have around. Here in North America, they also outcompete almost any other cavity nesting bird species, and have been known to kill baby bluebirds to steal their nest sites.
I see them here in tremendous numbers. A gang of perhaps a hundred have taken over a friend's bird feeder and bully the other birds.
Chillybean
As much as we'd like to send them back, think of the logistics. The cost, the care, etc until a batch is released on the other side of the Atlantic. How many would actually survive? I believe I read many died on the way over here to begin with.
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