I think the point of Sue’s comment was to say that most invasive species are, in fact, caused by humans. They always have a “dome” or roof over the nest and they always have feathers in them. Identification of House Sparrow Nests and Eggs How horrible a death.įor more information on House Sparrow attacks and management of this invasive, aggressive bird, visit the Sialis website, they have much more detail. The Tree Swallow’s eggs were still intact. Her head had been crushed in by the attacking beak of the aggressor. Underneath the nest was a dead female Tree Swallow. I removed the aggressor’s nest, tossed it on the ground and crushed the eggs. She built her nest on top of a Tree Sparrow nest. Some years ago, I opened one of our nest boxes to find a House Sparrow sitting on her eggs. House Sparrows Attack and Kill Native Nesting Birds For a more detailed description of the bird go to this link at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Therefore it is an invasive, non-native species that is very difficult to manage. It is an aggressive species that will take over the nesting sites, territories, and food sources of native birds. This bird is not native to North America. The House Sparrow is Not Native to North America Photo by my birding friend, Marshall Faintich. Watch the 50th Anniversary celebration of Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” below.House Sparrow female. Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68 will be published June 10 and is available to preorder. Written by the people who really knew Janis and those inspired by her, the book’s in-depth text provides a new perspective on the luminary’s abbreviated reign. Throughout it all, she collected posters, souvenirs, press clippings, photographs and records, and annotated them with her comments.įeatured alongside are previously unpublished items from her personal archive, including letters she wrote home to her family and a preceding scrapbook from her senior high school years, 1956-59. During her career, Janis Joplin created a personal record of her meteoric rise to fame and the flowering of Sixties counterculture. Some of the images in the “Me and Bobby McGee” short film may be seen in the upcoming limited edition book, Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68, recently announced by Genesis Publications and the Janis Joplin Estate. The record holds the influential American country-soul-blues-rock singer’s last recorded work up until her untimely death, just days before her 28th birthday.Ĭolombian director-designer Sara Serna developed a multi-dimensional perspective and mixed media approach to her cinematic interpretation of “Me and Bobby McGee.” Serna worked with her frequent collaborator, Chilean art director Jko Sánchez, to create an immersive animated short film incorporating narrative, representational, abstract, and biographic elements illustrating the song through handmade collage, cutouts, and digital compositing.
The new “Me and Bobby McGee” official video is part of an ongoing celebration and appreciation of Janis Joplin’s short-lived, steadfast artistry surrounding the 50th anniversary of Pearl-the artist’s final studio album. But Kristofferson told American Songwriter, “Now you can’t think of that song without thinking of Janis.” Over the years, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, Gordon Lightfoot, Rambling Jack Elliot, and others have recorded the track with unique energy. The short film scrapbooks the journeying lyrics originally penned by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster. On the 50th anniversary of the No.1 Billboard Hot 100 debut of the timeless track, Columbia/Legacy Recordings and the Janis Joplin Estate released the first-ever official music video for Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” on March 20, 2020. Just days before Janis Joplin died from a suspected heroin overdose on October 4, 1970, the legendary singer-songwriter breathed new life into a now enduring classic, “Me and Bobby McGee.” Upon its release on January 12, 1971, her zestful rendition made history, becoming only the second posthumous single in pop music history to reach No.1, following Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” in 1968.