We have had a couple of sparrows nesting in our bathroom vent for two months now.
There must have been a hole in the wire at the front of the vent. At first I did not know what those strange scratching sounds I heard were. I thought for a moment that we might have a rat in the walls – but after some investigation I found that the sounds came from the vent.
At first it was a couple of parus major but somehow they must have been evicted because the sparrows got kids (chickens) 2-3 weeks ago. Up until their eggs hatched they were marking their territory with lovely bird songs.
The vent works as some kind of megaphone so we can hear them all over the house. The chickens make a lot of noise all day long. They are only quiet from 10 pm until sometime early in the morning. I guess their parents need those hours to get some rest because they are working their wings off.
Anyhow – I have read that they hatch two or three times every spring/summer – so I guess we shall enjoy them for some time to come.
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