PESKY SPARROWS EATING PANSY PETALS
‘Don’t put that plant outside because all those pesky sparrows always eat the pansy petals. What a nuisance they are. Pesky sparrows – why are there so many of them?’
It’s Mothers Day and for the first time in ages I went to a Mothers Day Service at the village Church. It was a happy affair with children singing and clapping a song. There were also hymns and prayers. There were candles that people lighted in memory of mothers or any special person who were no longer here on Earth
At the end of the service we were all given a pansy plant in a pot.
One pal of mine said to me ‘Don’t put that plant outside because all those pesky sparrows always eat the pansy petals. What a nuisance they are. Pesky sparrows – why are there so many of them?’
Sparrows eating pansy flower petals? I was curious and have been reading. I’ve found out that although the pansy is a relatively trouble free plant sparrows sometimes do eat pansies. I will let you know what happens to mine.
on March 14th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
This reminds me of a little while back when I saw a Green Finch pecking away at a Primrose! It was just pecking at the flower heads and dismantling them. I thought it looked unusual.
on March 28th, 2011 at 12:50 am
i have a birdfeeder on my little balcony and lately to my horror(!) the sparrows have started demolishing all my primrose petals when the birdfeeder is empty. have i started a disaster? what should i do?!
on March 29th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
The sparrows could be hungry. Also, I read somewhere that sparrows extract juice from primroses, so you could make sure there is always some water there for them as they could be thirsty . You could fill the feeder more often if that is possible.
If you really don’t want the sparrows visiting you could put something up that moves in the wind and will stop them visiting.
It is a hectic time for all birds, the nesting season is here and they are using a lot of energy feeding themselves, making a nest and just trying to survive. Maybe pansies appear at just the right time of year to help sparrows survive. Maybe that is the wonder of nature. Trisha