Can CD explain why house sparrows persist in trying to build a nest in a spot from which it is daily removed?
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Can CD explain why house sparrows persist in trying to build a nest in a spot from which it is daily removed?
"I have always been inclined to think that sparrows were acute & crafty birds, but you certainly show that they are Fools, & if they go on behaving in so idiotic a manner, you will do quite right to expose their conduct in some public Journal!--"