Attack of the sparrows

A flock of wild sparrows starts mobbing the window of my canary room. (Please watch in HD if you have trouble seeing the little birds dive-bombing the window.)

Maybe they're trying to get out of the cold rain to where they see food and warmth. Perhaps they want to join or drive off what the see as a competing flock.

I've never seen this before.

Can anyone venture a guess as to their motivation?

My best guess is these are song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) or Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina). If you can make a more accurate ID from the video please feel free to add your expertise.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Song sparrow
• native birds
• canary
• flock
• mobbing
• Melospiza melodia
• wild bird
• songbird

[cathytai]

Irishmatty01, that's great info and makes a lot of sense. Thank you. I enjoyed your videos, too!

[doviero]

I don't think this is an attack , this wild birds are atracted to your birds inside and birds don't know about glass windows , plus they may also be seen the canary seeds inside and since is winter , they are probably starving.

[cathytai]

doviero, I agree with you that it probably wasn't an attack, but more an attempt to access the space, join or drive off a 'competing' flock.

Georgia, like much of the country, is experiencing strange, alarming weather patterns. It's been a very early, cold, wet, bitter, relentless winter.

Changes in flock migrations, planting and growing seasons, ranges for species and more are occurring around the world, likely due to human activity.

The sparrows must be reacting to these changes.

[irishmatty01]

@cathytai thanks, i think its just because they look different and dont know if there going to be competition or not.

[irishmatty01]

i think this is an attack, as i let my zebra finches outside and they come back to their cage when they want but the house sparrows here in ireland do try and attack them but over time the sparrows got used to them check my vids if interested.

[ickybird]

I think they may be trying to free your birds. I have always had parrots and when I have put my small birds out side, the wild guys seem to be acting like they are showing them how to get away.

One of my birds got loose, once and two robins were trying to show him how to get down out of the tree to get to me.