For the last two weeks (at least), we've had a bird come to roost every evening with clock-like regularity, at about 6pm (now 7pm, DST), on an exposed beam supporting the small roof/canopy over our front door. The "beam" is just a two x six, so the bird kind of snuggles in tightly, tucking its head down. After it's been there a while, it doesn't get excited if we go in and out. It stays put until some early hour in the morning, when it leaves.
It's a male House Sparrow, which makes it more unusual, as we have several dozen of the things roosting out back in a neighbor's jungle-clump of bamboo. Why would this one bird go off by itself every night? And pick a rather exposed location for its nightly rest? If it doesn't like the noisy companionship of the rest of its species, I could understand that. Still, it does seem a bit unusual.
Anybody else observed behavior like this (not that I'd expect anyone to pay particular attention to a House Sparrow)?
Frank Powers
Glen Echo, Montgomery County
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