House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
It was World House Sparrow Day yesterday, so I’m dedicating this week’s BPW to the House Sparrow. We used to have so many of these very social and gregarious little birds. House Sparrows are well adapted to living around humans. The Latin word domesticus means “of the house,” a reference to [...]
The Birds of Prey Working Group of EWT in South Africa and the Hawk Conservancy Trust in England are proud to host the first International Vulture Awareness Day. Organisations in Africa, Europe, the Americas and South-Asia are celebrating this day with a variety of events worldwide.
Vulture Awareness Day aims to create greater awareness of [...]