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unusual facts about A mixed group of ''Passer'' sparrows containing a Eurasian Tree Sparrow



Abd al-Kuri Sparrow

The Abd al-Kuri Sparrow (Passer hemileucus) is a passerine bird endemic to the small island of Abd al Kuri (also spelled several other ways) in the Socotra archiplago of the Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa.

Cecil Allan

His mother died when he was four-years-old and his father, who had worked on the RMS Titanic, was killed as an innocent passer-by in a gun battle between the IRA and the Black and Tans.

Charles R. Meyer

This time the Army ace outdueled famed Columbia passer and future Chicago Bears Hall of Fame quarterback Sid Luckman as the Black Knights prevailed, 27-16, over the Lions.

Hap Moran

As a passer his favorite receiver was Morgan Taylor, who won the first Gold Medal for the United States in the 1924 Olympics in Paris running the 400-meter hurdles.

Jean Ribault High School

Rod Jackson, quarterback, FAMU, school's all-time leading passer who led school to its first playoff appearance in 1985

Josef Masopust

Like Bozsik, Masopust as well was a marvellous passer, and was able to pick out teammates with both strength and precision.

Karol Jokl

Great constructor and passer, on which will always remember his teammate from ŠK Slovan Bratislava Ján Čapkovič.

Les Cousins Branchaud

2007 was a big year for Les Cousins Branchaud, as they produced their fourth album, Passer du bon temps, and were invited for the first time to play at the World Folk Festival in Drummondville.

Mark Hittner

Hittner played college football at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas from 1976 to 1979 where he was an all-conference quarterback in 1978-79 and is the school’s second-leading career passer in yards (4,830).

Nick Hill

He became the school's first 4,000-career yard passer in 35 years, the first since former major league pitcher Don Stanhouse in 1968.

Peter Tom Willis

He surpassed Seminole great, and fellow Hall of Famer, Gary Huff to become Florida State's top single season passer with 3,124 yards.

Platooning quarterbacks

One common reason teams platoon quarterbacks is because one player is a good passer and the other a good runner (see for example Stanley Jackson and Joe Germaine of the 1997 Ohio State Buckeyes).

Politics of Austria

After major disputes inside the FPÖ between Haider and vice-chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer (the so-called Knittelfeld Putsch), the ÖVP broke the coalition in 2002 and called for re-elections.

Raimonds Dambis

While in Dobele and Kuldīga Dambis was known as a brilliant goalscorer, with Metalurgs he showed himself as a good passer for Miervaldis Drāznieks and Gustavs Zviedris.

Russ Michna

It was good enough to finish second in the league in passer rating, behind Milwaukee Iron quarterback Chris Greisen, who would sign with the Dallas Cowboys at the end of the year.

Socotra Sparrow

The Socotra Sparrow (Passer insularis) is a passerine bird endemic to the islands of Socotra, Samhah, and Darsah in the Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa.

Sphex pensylvanicus

While collecting their prey, the females are vulnerable to kleptoparasitism, in which birds, including the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), steal the prey that the wasp has collected.

Vernon Prichard

The younger Prichard began his education at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, where he also played football and established a reputation as a passer.

Zouk Machine

Group's members also participated in Maxime Le Forestier's album, Passer ma route Julien Clerc, "Utile" and in the soundtrack of Asterix On vit ensemble et Au Revoir.


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