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Renovation of the Sparrows Nest buildings in 1994. Sparrows Nest originally formed the grounds and formal gardens to the early 19th century thatched summer residence of Robert Sparrow, a local wealthy landowner. [4] The local council bought the gardens in the 1890s. [5]
Nov. 23—Taking the first step up the stairs of Sparrow's Nest of Northwest Montana's residential house in Kalispell is symbolic of the upward journey many homeless teens' lives will take. The ...
HMS Europa was a Royal Navy Shore establishment active between 1939 and 1946 during World War II as the central depot for the Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS). [1] It was established after the commandeering of Sparrows Nest Gardens, a private residence in Lowestoft in Suffolk.
"The Sparrows Nest" is a lyric poem written by William Wordsworth at Town End, Grasmere, in 1801.It was first published in the collection Poems in Two Volumes in 1807.. The poem is a moving tribute to Wordsworth's sister Dorothy, recalling their early childhood together in Cockermouth before they were separated following their mother's death in 1778 when he was barely eight years old.
The white-crowned sparrow is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. [5] It has been sighted in England, Scotland, [5] [6] Ireland, [7] and Norway. [8] In 2008 a white-crowned sparrow was spotted in Cley next the Sea in Norfolk, England. [9] To commemorate the event an image of the bird was included in a window at St Margaret's Church.
Fox sparrows nest in wooded areas across northern Canada and western North America from Alaska to California. They nest either in a sheltered location on the ground or low in trees or shrubs. A nest typically contains two to five pale green to greenish white eggs speckled with reddish brown. [5]
Harris's sparrow has lived for up to 11 years and 8 months in the wild. Predators on the nest can including varied terrestrial mammals, including Arctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus parryii) and stoats (Mustela erminea). [13] Harris's sparrows provide an easy target for these predators due to the location of their nests on the ground.
In the 18th century, The Robber of the Sparrow's Nest was once in the collection of Watteau's friend and patron Jean de Jullienne; passing through a number of private owners, it came into possession of the Scottish landscape painter Hugh William Williams by the early 19th century; in 1860, the latter's widow donated the painting to the National ...