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A sparrow is a small bird which is found throughout the world. There are many different species of sparrows. Sparrows are only about four to six inches in length. Many people appreciate their beautiful song. Sparrows prefer to build their nests in low places-usually on the ground, clumps of grass, low trees and low bushes. In cities they build their nests in building nooks or holes. They rarely build their nests in high places. They build their nests out of twigs, grasses and plant fibres. Their nests are usually small and well-built structures.
Female sparrows lay four to six eggs at a time. The eggs are white with reddish brown spots. They hatch within eleven to fourteen days. Both the male and female parents care for the young. Insects are fed to the young after hatching. The large feet of the sparrows are used for scratching seeds. ***** sparrows mainly eat seeds. Sparrows can be found almost everywhere, where there are humans. Many people throughout the world enjoy these delightful birds.
The sparrows are some of the few birds that engage in dust bathing. Sparrows will first scratch a **** in the ground with their feet, then lie in it and fling dirt or sand over their bodies with flicks of their wings. They will also bathe in water, or in dry or melting snow. Water bathing is similar to dust bathing, with the sparrow standing in shallow water and flicking water over its back with its wings, also ducking its head under the water. Both activities are social, with upto a hundred birds participating at once, and are followed by preening and sometimes group singing.
Due to their small size, sparrows are prey to numerous predators within their native environments all around the world. Today, there is little concern over the sparrow populations, although it is possible that populations will be affected by the ever changing weather conditions as a result of global warming and therefore, drastic climate change.
(a) The chief food for the ***** sparrow is __.
(b) Sparrows live wherever__.
(c) The word, ‘species’ means__.
(d) Sparrows __in high places.
(e) __ take care of the young sparrows.
(f) Sparrows take bath in ____.
(g) Bathing for the sparrows is a _____.
(h) Find a word in Para 4 which means the same as ‘killers’.
