Loved how you slowed things down, you see everything in a different perspective. Going to have to use my slow motion more often. Great video and beautiful little bird. Loved hearing your beautiful voice, great video Jo. 🥰
Oh good. I'm glad you reposted this comment. I saw it on the original video, but I knew that if I answered it, it would almost certainly disappear before you had a chance to read my response. I am smitten with getting slomo of fast moving wildlife. It really does give you a different perspective about them, doesn't it?
As someone who's only lived in the eastern half of the country, these are definitely the (second) most frequent kind of sparrows I've ever seen, apart from maybe White-Crowned - but I never knew about all this complexity and subtlety to them and their fights; amazing videos
@@matthewschumm1836 I especially love showing them to someone like you who has been enjoying watching them a lot. We never get a lot of the white- crowned- though one of them did show up couple of mornings while I was filming for this movie.
I love all your videos! Our most common ones at home are the white-throated, the chipping, and the song sparrows but we always have towhees year-round and juncos in the winter, which also are considered sparrows. We don't see the house sparrows very often at our house. We see field, swamp, and savannah at some of the local birding spots and occasionally are lucky enough to see white-crowned, fox, grasshopper, Lincoln, vesper. What wonderful variety!
Do you live in a rural or semi-rural area? We are suburban, but with a large stretch of woods adjoining the property and a creek so we get the swamp sparrow in migration and occasionally a white-crowned or fox. A chipping sparrow or a Lincoln in our yard is a notable event. I'm also guessing that you are further south than St. Louis.
Fantastic footage slowed down and great narration as usual. We have them in our backyard every season but often heard more than seen. Thanks for sharing.
Love the video Jo. Fun to watch these in slow mo. Big appetites too. The saying someone eats like a bird is not in fact that they eat little. I like how these fly back and twist.
Oh, I guess the sparrows do eat like a bird compared to the predators, like owls, hawks, and herons. But I enjoy the sewing machine speed as they move their beaks to pulverize a seed
Perfect Name for them: “Tiny Gladiators.” 😊 What an amazing movie! Hey Dearest Ms. Jo! I hope you’re doing good! Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy Bird filled 2025. 💝💝
@@WellaWally65 I’m delighted to hear that you liked this one. You must still be very busy, because I post every fourth Friday, and the sequel to this one goes up in about an hour and a half. At least you don’t have to wait a month like everybody else. I hope you get lots of time with your granddaughters and other beloved family members this Christmas.
@ Thank you so much for the kind wishes! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends, as well. I have been a little busy, but I always come and make sure that the Notifications “bell” is on “ALL.” Especially when I feel it’s been two weeks or more since your last one. Stay healthy and blessed beautiful friend, and thank you so much for taking the time to respond to our comments. Much Blessings! We love you very much!
@@WellaWally65 I hope that what's keeping you busy is getting yourself well organized and comfortable in your new digs--and that you're well satisfied with the move you made. If it turns out that. your Granddaughters enjoy sparrows too, let me know.
Wait, I thought they were finches! Just kidding. Love the new and improved version! Wait, if they're not finches maybe they're baseball players, after all they do slide into second base.
Hi Jo! I love the slo-mo of the sparrows fighting. We have a lot of house sparrows who hang out on our front balcony in Spain (might be some white throats there as well?) and I always thought they were just chasing one another away. With the slo-mo you can clearly see they are actually engaging, albeit too quickly for the human brain to register. Another fascinating video - looking forward to part two, thank you for all you do.
I could be wrong, but I think the White-Throats are only here in the States. But whatever, that's what I like about filming sparrows squabbling: showing people things they can't really see without the help of a slow motion camera. And I'm glad you registered that this is only part one. I really should have mentioned at the end that part two would be coming down the pike -December 13.
@ entirely possible that they’re just house sparrows, your video was the first I’ve heard of white-throats. I was trying to think of what they looked like as I was watching your video. Looks similar to the batch on my front balcony, but they move so fast who can tell? 🙃 I know there are common house sparrows for sure. I just checked Cornell, white-throats are strictly North American. So my front balcony is bereft of white-throats but abundantly full of house sparrows. 🪶
@@SimplyGobsmacked if you have feeders that the house sparrows perch on, then they probably fight more than the ones I have filmed. When they are on the ground together, they clump up and seem pretty peaceable to me. One commenter told me that he sees them squabble quite a bit, but it turned out that he was seeing them on feeder perches. When you're here in the States, do you live in the eastern half of the country? That's where you would see them - but only in the fall and winter. By the way, that's the first time I've seen an upside down smile emoticon. Kinda cool.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME - No feeders per se, but the balcony has a wide wall on one end and I put seeds and nuts and (shoot me!) bread out there for them so it might as well be a feeder even if there aren't any perches. I'm in Florida when I'm in the States, will have to watch for some white-throated sparrows when I'm there next month.
@@Youser999 it’s good of you to let me know what you would enjoy seeing. Getting enough footage of a hermit thrush would be tough for me, though. I’ll keep it in mind.
Interesting video as I have never seen this behavior in the White-throats around my house. Granted I really only see them now (autumn) through early spring. Yet at the same time my House Sparrows often squabble. I wonder if this is regional or even subspecies behavior? Or I would postulate that this behavior could be based on available resources, such as food, nesting sites and nesting materials.
@@billgrindler4653 well I can’t testify as to whether the white throats in your neighborhood quarrel as much as mine do, but I did read in the Cornell Lab’s Birds of the World website that in winter males and older flock members are much more aggressive. Like you, I only see them from October through April. As for the house sparrows, maybe I just haven’t watched them enough. I haven’t noticed aggression in their groups, but then again I’ve paid far less attention to them than I have to the white throated sparrows. But you see the house sparrows squabble with each other often? Hmm. I will say that as far as the white throats go, they will fight even when the food is plentiful. This time of year, of course, nesting sites and materials are irrelevant. Bottom line: I can only shrug and say that I don’t know.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Well over the last four years I've become inundated with House Sparrows. For decades I had 8-12 - very manageable - but last year I tried counting and stopped at 40. They fly in and leave to the northeast, so I don't know why there has been such a spike in the population, but they mob the feeder perches and I assume fight for dominance.
@@billgrindler4653 Ah, that's why we had a difference of opinion about how much they fight. We have no feeders with perches that offer the seed they want. I have observed and filmed them on the ground--where they feed in tight bunches and tolerate each other. Sorry to hear about your influx of the House Sparrows. They can be such a pain!
Your commentary was lovely and hilarious at the same time. Thank you.
Thank you! I had more trouble than usual figuring out how to add humor to this one. Nice to know I succeeded.
"Feathered firecrackers." Love that!
Thanks for saying so. I always like to know which particular lines in a script grabbed viewers.
I love your videos with fantastic footage and very educational narrations. God bless you! ❤
Thank you! That's such a sweet compliment.
Loved how you slowed things down, you see everything in a different perspective. Going to have to use my slow motion more often. Great video and beautiful little bird. Loved hearing your beautiful voice, great video Jo. 🥰
Oh good. I'm glad you reposted this comment. I saw it on the original video, but I knew that if I answered it, it would almost certainly disappear before you had a chance to read my response. I am smitten with getting slomo of fast moving wildlife. It really does give you a different perspective about them, doesn't it?
Adorable little brawlers...😊
Hi, Greg. Yeah, you described them about as well as anyone could.
that slide into second base was so smooth, though! 😂 mustn’t be understated just how smooth that sparrow slid.
Ya think Lou Brock could have taken pointers from them?
As someone who's only lived in the eastern half of the country, these are definitely the (second) most frequent kind of sparrows I've ever seen, apart from maybe White-Crowned - but I never knew about all this complexity and subtlety to them and their fights; amazing videos
@@matthewschumm1836 I especially love showing them to someone like you who has been enjoying watching them a lot. We never get a lot of the white- crowned- though one of them did show up couple of mornings while I was filming for this movie.
I love all your videos! Our most common ones at home are the white-throated, the chipping, and the song sparrows but we always have towhees year-round and juncos in the winter, which also are considered sparrows. We don't see the house sparrows very often at our house. We see field, swamp, and savannah at some of the local birding spots and occasionally are lucky enough to see white-crowned, fox, grasshopper, Lincoln, vesper. What wonderful variety!
Do you live in a rural or semi-rural area? We are suburban, but with a large stretch of woods adjoining the property and a creek so we get the swamp sparrow in migration and occasionally a white-crowned or fox. A chipping sparrow or a Lincoln in our yard is a notable event. I'm also guessing that you are further south than St. Louis.
Yes,the video was very informative. Love the slow mo.
Thanks for humoring me, Darlene. I'm very fond of this one and wanted you to see it.
Fantastic footage slowed down and great narration as usual. We have them in our backyard every season but often heard more than seen. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, everyone seems to love their haunting song. I'm glad you enjoyed the movie, and thanks for letting me know that.
Love the video Jo. Fun to watch these in slow mo. Big appetites too. The saying someone eats like a bird is not in fact that they eat little. I like how these fly back and twist.
Oh, I guess the sparrows do eat like a bird compared to the predators, like owls, hawks, and herons. But I enjoy the sewing machine speed as they move their beaks to pulverize a seed
Perfect Name for them: “Tiny Gladiators.”
😊
What an amazing movie!
Hey Dearest Ms. Jo!
I hope you’re doing good!
Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy Bird filled 2025.
💝💝
@@WellaWally65 I’m delighted to hear that you liked this one. You must still be very busy, because I post every fourth Friday, and the sequel to this one goes up in about an hour and a half. At least you don’t have to wait a month like everybody else. I hope you get lots of time with your granddaughters and other beloved family members this Christmas.
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Thank you so much for the kind wishes!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends, as well.
I have been a little busy, but I always come and make sure that the Notifications “bell” is on “ALL.” Especially when I feel it’s been two weeks or more since your last one.
Stay healthy and blessed beautiful friend, and thank you so much for taking the time to respond to our comments.
Much Blessings!
We love you very much!
@@WellaWally65 I hope that what's keeping you busy is getting yourself well organized and comfortable in your new digs--and that you're well satisfied with the move you made. If it turns out that. your Granddaughters enjoy sparrows too, let me know.
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Aww!
Thank you!
And absolutely yes!
My granddaughters have been “contiguous” with my love for Birds!
I have one that loves Crows!
@@WellaWally65 I get her love for crows. They're the favorite bird of wintermoonomen, one of my other regular commenters.
Wait, I thought they were finches! Just kidding. Love the new and improved version! Wait, if they're not finches maybe they're baseball players, after all they do slide into second base.
And home plate, though I didn't mention that.
@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Always enjoying your sense of humor.
@ I’m actually quite dull in person.
@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Really? With all that witty sarcasm I find that hard to believe!
@ I can be witty if I have a month to think about it, but off the cuff? Not so much.
Fiesty little ones. They come to my feeders too, and do more ruckus than eating. Lol, silly birds.❤
"Silly birds" made me think of Winnie the Pooh when the little boy was fond of saying "silly bear". Did you ever read Winnie the Pooh?
Always enjoyable
Yes, people especially seem to love their haunting song.
Hi Jo! I love the slo-mo of the sparrows fighting. We have a lot of house sparrows who hang out on our front balcony in Spain (might be some white throats there as well?) and I always thought they were just chasing one another away. With the slo-mo you can clearly see they are actually engaging, albeit too quickly for the human brain to register. Another fascinating video - looking forward to part two, thank you for all you do.
I could be wrong, but I think the White-Throats are only here in the States. But whatever, that's what I like about filming sparrows squabbling: showing people things they can't really see without the help of a slow motion camera. And I'm glad you registered that this is only part one. I really should have mentioned at the end that part two would be coming down the pike -December 13.
@ entirely possible that they’re just house sparrows, your video was the first I’ve heard of white-throats. I was trying to think of what they looked like as I was watching your video. Looks similar to the batch on my front balcony, but they move so fast who can tell? 🙃 I know there are common house sparrows for sure. I just checked Cornell, white-throats are strictly North American. So my front balcony is bereft of white-throats but abundantly full of house sparrows. 🪶
@@SimplyGobsmacked if you have feeders that the house sparrows perch on, then they probably fight more than the ones I have filmed. When they are on the ground together, they clump up and seem pretty peaceable to me. One commenter told me that he sees them squabble quite a bit, but it turned out that he was seeing them on feeder perches. When you're here in the States, do you live in the eastern half of the country? That's where you would see them - but only in the fall and winter.
By the way, that's the first time I've seen an upside down smile emoticon. Kinda cool.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME - No feeders per se, but the balcony has a wide wall on one end and I put seeds and nuts and (shoot me!) bread out there for them so it might as well be a feeder even if there aren't any perches. I'm in Florida when I'm in the States, will have to watch for some white-throated sparrows when I'm there next month.
@@SimplyGobsmacked the range map shows them going about 2/3 of the way down Florida, so maybe you will see them.
Can you please do a video about hermit thrush? Thank you so much! Love your videos.
@@Youser999 it’s good of you to let me know what you would enjoy seeing. Getting enough footage of a hermit thrush would be tough for me, though. I’ll keep it in mind.
Interesting video as I have never seen this behavior in the White-throats around my house. Granted I really only see them now (autumn) through early spring. Yet at the same time my House Sparrows often squabble. I wonder if this is regional or even subspecies behavior? Or I would postulate that this behavior could be based on available resources, such as food, nesting sites and nesting materials.
@@billgrindler4653 well I can’t testify as to whether the white throats in your neighborhood quarrel as much as mine do, but I did read in the Cornell Lab’s Birds of the World website that in winter males and older flock members are much more aggressive. Like you, I only see them from October through April. As for the house sparrows, maybe I just haven’t watched them enough. I haven’t noticed aggression in their groups, but then again I’ve paid far less attention to them than I have to the white throated sparrows. But you see the house sparrows squabble with each other often? Hmm. I will say that as far as the white throats go, they will fight even when the food is plentiful. This time of year, of course, nesting sites and materials are irrelevant. Bottom line: I can only shrug and say that I don’t know.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Well over the last four years I've become inundated with House Sparrows. For decades I had 8-12 - very manageable - but last year I tried counting and stopped at 40. They fly in and leave to the northeast, so I don't know why there has been such a spike in the population, but they mob the feeder perches and I assume fight for dominance.
@@billgrindler4653 Ah, that's why we had a difference of opinion about how much they fight. We have no feeders with perches that offer the seed they want. I have observed and filmed them on the ground--where they feed in tight bunches and tolerate each other. Sorry to hear about your influx of the House Sparrows. They can be such a pain!