sparrow
The house sparrow, ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
Seen in the wild
Slides and video from Sarah Sparrow's Energy Network Seminar are now available on the Energy website www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events/event... @oxengsci.bsky.social @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social
Update to the sparrow thing from yesterday Somebody had to come to shoot it today I want to feel bad for it, but it's an invasive species, so there's nothing I'd really be able to do
Sparrow monched my finger again
Whether it's Jessica Egot or Andrew Sparrow the Guardian political team constantly push to the right. Horrible people who write smears or twist events to provide ammo to their political partners. But at least I'm not…
Slides and video from Sarah Sparrow's Energy Network Seminar are not available to view on the Energy website www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events/event... @oxengsci.bsky.social
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The house sparrow, ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
Man progresses generally, not both legs at once like a sparrow, but by putting one leg forward first, and then the other.
“New bird at the feeder: White-crowned Sparrow!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sparrow legs 😂🥰🐕🦺 #beenintheriver”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Good Morning Bluesky Folks Here’s a photo of a hedge sparrow partially hidden behind some grass. It appears to have a bug in its beak. I took it with my Canon EOS R50! #Birds 🪶 #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #NatureLover #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography #CanonR50”
— Bluesky· May 2026“BirdNET: I heard a bird at 2026-05-05 09:10:21 PDT! I'm 69% sure it was a Chipping Sparrow.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A guy at my school could suck a hair up his own arse on cue. What random skill did someone at your school have? There was also a guy who could do a great Jack Sparrow impression. What do you remember? The more useless/hilarious the better.”
— r/AskUK· Apr 2026
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A member of the family , comprising small Old World songbirds.
In a poem by Sappho, Aphrodite is represented as riding in a car drawn by sparrows.
“Slides and video from Sarah Sparrow's Energy Network Seminar are now available on the Energy website www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events/event... @oxengsci.bsky.social @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Update to the sparrow thing from yesterday Somebody had to come to shoot it today I want to feel bad for it, but it's an invasive species, so there's nothing I'd really be able to do”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sparrow monched my finger again”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Whether it's Jessica Egot or Andrew Sparrow the Guardian political team constantly push to the right. Horrible people who write smears or twist events to provide ammo to their political partners. But at least I'm not the only one shouting this anymore”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Slides and video from Sarah Sparrow's Energy Network Seminar are not available to view on the Energy website www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events/event... @oxengsci.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A member of the family (or , under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
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