http://stravaiger.com/blog/tags/sparrow/ Recent content in Sparrow on eBothy Blog Hugo en-us Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2011/07/26/new-feathery-friends-at-the-ebothy/ Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2011/07/26/new-feathery-friends-at-the-ebothy/ <p>Every few years we do a big(ish) DIY storm repair job on the house. A couple of years ago we did the sofits, where a family of starlings had taken up residence for two years in a row. We waited until they fledged and then cleaned and sealed everything. They were so loud you couldn&rsquo;t hear the telly! Anyway, this year the apexes need doing as they&rsquo;re letting a lot of water in and the storms are starting to do some damage up there but we have a problem. A couple of sparrow chicks we found in the loft after the work was done. So there was nothing to do but bring them down and give them a helping hand. We put them in a plant pot next to the tree where their mum always croons but she didn&rsquo;t come back. So they&rsquo;re part of the family now, living in a plant pot lined with toilet paper, mucked out every few hours and hand fed with tweezers.</p> <p><a title="Sparrow chick by Stravaiger" href="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/new_feathery_friends_at_the_ebothy/sparrow_chick-5979051836.jpg"><img src="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/new_feathery_friends_at_the_ebothy/sparrow_chick-5979051836-800px.jpg" alt="Sparrow chick" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>