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It may be hard to swallow, but Bumpus could get bumped to the back burner

10,000 Birds

There are few areas of the world where they have been introduced and not survived (Greenland and Cape Verde are examples of this bird’s local demise). There may be more birds and mammals per square kilometer in South Africa. That is why they are called “House” Sparrows and not “Wild” Sparrows, I suppose.

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