House Sparrow
£25.00
A lot of lies about house sparrows, from the ‘Lies About Birds’ series. (Scroll down to read the text.) Illustrated with a poor photograph of a paper bird I have made out of old RSPB magazines.
A4 print, mounted (and put in a cellophane bag to prevent escapes).
(Please note that, regretfully, I don’t send work outside of the UK.)
1 in stock
“These bold, noisy little birds prefer to live together in large groups. This is because they often need to mobilise and move into action at short notice and it’s not always convenient to have to go and fetch a far-flung relative. Small, urgent flocks of sparrows perform a vital function. Flying in loose formation they clear the air for us after an argument. They collect any unkind words still hanging in the air and either eat them themselves or feed them to their young. An unfortunate by-product of this useful behaviour is their tendency to squabble amongst themselves and has earned them the reputation of being especially quarrelsome.
Declining sparrow numbers, and the consequent excess of uneaten harsh words, has contributed to many of the world’s current conflicts.”
