There's a bush on my walk to my mate's house on a Sunday to watch the footie (least said the better concerning today's game 😔) that's always alive with bird chatter. I knew what they were, but thought to stop and carefully insert my phone. Mostly leaves and branches, but five seconds of joy! #HouseSparrows #Sparrows | #Kent #England | #birdsoftheworld #birds
New publication: Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in #DNAmethylation between introduced and native #housesparrows. #passerdomesticus #stressresponse #epigenetics
https://doi.org/10.1002/jav.03469
🐦 The large group of house sparrows brings a lot of life in my garden: they look for food, take a bath and chirp happily all the while 🎶🎼🎵.

#housesparrows #huismussen #nature #naturephotography #natuurfotografie #natuur #natur
Going out on a limb… #HouseSparrows
“Alright class…. Let’s stay focused and learn today”. #HouseSparrows #NewToWings
Teaching the new fledglings about the world… #HouseSparrows
“C’moooon… fledge already little one… I have more babies to make”. #HouseSparrows
“Let’s play hooman….” “Sorry fren, you’re just government waste; I must slash you now” #HouseSparrows
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New publication: Microbial surveillance versus #cytokine responsiveness in native and non-native #housesparrows.
#inflammation #microbialsurvaillance #introducedspecies
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0431

do house sparrows ever get into mechs and space ships? would birds like or dislike low gravity environments?

would humans intentionally introduce spiders to prey on insects?

would rodents spread between different space colonies by sneaking on and off ships?

#HouseSparrows #mecha #ScienceFiction #birds #SpaceColonization #evolution #spiders #rats #mice #animals