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My immediate reaction was to see what kind of Violetears you have in Bogotá - we have Mexican (formerly Green) here!

OK, folks, the original question has been answered and rational explanations of House Sparrows' status have been given and understood. I don't think any further sarcasm will add to the discussion, so I'm going to lock it.

Agree with House Sparrow. It's pretty common to see them inside buildings here.

Also - I don't remember if this has been mentioned - you can effectively mark a thread as read by opening the last post (you don't have to go through all of the pages).

For me it's at the top of the page - maybe different on a phone? (I'm on a computer.)

The mistake in @The Bird Nuts' post has been corrected.

I meant your suggestion to remove everything in brakcets; that's how I got the photo to post.

Trying @Avery's suggestion:

I locked it; I'm not going to delete because not all the posts are yours.

Seems like there's a different procedure for Flickr - @The Bird Nuts explained it here.

@RachelWelcome to WhatBird!

Makes about as much sense as the current system, since it just counts reactions (doesn't matter how many posts you have or what the reactions are...)

I believe that @The Bird Nutsfigured out that it was after 500 posts.

Not at all!

Welcome to WhatBird @Caley Thomas! And thanks for your kind words. WhatBird was my first birding buddies when I started noticing birds after getting cataract surgery and being able to see well without correction for the first time in my life. I didn't know anyone else locally who birded and my sister led me here. I got such a warm welcome and patient help even though I was struggling to ID House Sparrows and such! So I'll add my thanks to the WhatBird community.