Sparrow by Kim Todd — Review
A lovely exploration of sparrows, the scientific insights they inspire and how they influence human culture
(Credit: GrrlScientist)
Regardless of where you go, there they are. In bushes, in parking lots, on sidewalks, underfoot. They’re chirping, eating, hopping, quarrelling, fornicating. “Little brown jobs,” bird watchers murmur dismissively. Sparrows. They’re seemingly everywhere.
In the opening sentence in her new book, Sparrow (Reaktion Books; 2012: Amazon…
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