Sparrows nesting and string

[nightshade]

The Sparrows are nesting in the eaves all around me (none in mine alas)
across the road they had new plastic gutters and fascias fitted and I can see from here at least three pairs busy setting up home
Yesterday I put in the canes for the Lionesses runner beans put in the cross
pieces and tied them in with hessian string this morning all the string had gone except for one piece and there was a male Sparrow, feet braced, neck at full stretch, as he heaved with all his might and main at the last remaining
piece of string. I am an old softy so I cut some lengths of string and looped them loosely around the canes then slackened off the one remaining one.
The cocksparrow came back immediately I had retired to a safe distance,
pulled hard on the object of his desire and did a cartoon head over heels as
the loosened string came away A dozen more pieces to go, brilliant

[Mungo]

Fabulous, any chance of a picture?

I really miss sparrows around here

[Pam_M]

How lovely to watch! I would have done the same and cut some string for the Sparrow, so another softie here! Enjoy watching your Sparrow, I rarely see them nowadays! Hope you manage to tie your bean canes ok, perhaps that green garden wire would be the best to use!

[Elizabeth B]

Originally Posted by Pam_M

How lovely to watch! I would have done the same and cut some string for the Sparrow, so another softie here! Enjoy watching your Sparrow, I rarely see them nowadays! Hope you manage to tie your bean canes ok, perhaps that green garden wire would be the best to use!

I did do the same last year - except that it was for a bluetit. We don't often see a sparrow in our garden, yet when I started the BTO's Garden BirdWatch nearly 14 years ago, I was regularly reporting 11-20. We had high hopes last year when a pair visited the caged mealworm feeder and regularly flew off with mealworms, but no such luck. However we've seen a male taking away a mealworm on a couple of occasions recently.