Monday 5 October 2020

A TRIP BY BUS ( JOSEP PLA) AND THE ETOLOGY OF SPARROWS

 There are, finally, varieties of birds which live in complete freedom even at the breeding moments. The sparrow- a rascal bird, fornicating and individualistic- may be an example of these ungrateful animals. Sparrows live in a regime of systematic and perpetual social gathering and they don´t mind neither the blood ties nor the birdie feelings, that although rudimentaries, they exist somehow.

Now I understand  the expression ‘Hey, Sparrow!better, the one which is used by males of human specie when they see each other in a delicate situation or when they tell some naughty plan to  one each other . I would never think of a bird  in such  a way  with such a pacific appearance. Most birds (you can also say: Hey, Bird!) interrupt their social-gathering or café rules while their breeding time, but   sparrows keep it even in this critical situation. In this time, their chest swells up so much  that they seem to be more male doves than sparrows.

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