This is a video about a juvenile female house sparrow bathing.
The video is by Gijs de Jonge from the Netherlands.
September 2013. During the last few decades, the population of House Sparrows has declined by roughly half, causing great alarm amongst both scientists and the general public. However, the latest data from the British Trust for Ornithology‘s (BTO) Garden BirdWatch, suggests that the decline is levelling off in our gardens: here.
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I wish there was sound I love to watch birds take a bath, this one was determined, to get very very clean, so cute !
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Maybe, I will find a video with sound about this later 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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Reblogged this on naturebase and commented:
great video !
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Thank you! Best wishes for you and your blog 🙂
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