Aggressive sparrows attack apple pie
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by Arthur
Posted on Saturday, July 21st, 2007 at 8:43 pm CET
On our visit of the beautiful town of Marken in Noord Holland today we sat down outside at café ‘De Visscher’ and we each ordered a hot chocolate and a piece of apple pie. The weather was beautiful and we had a great view of the harbor. Here is Amy in her FBI shirt, still unaware of the invasion that would soon follow.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows01.jpg)
After a minute a sparrow appeared on our table.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows02.jpg)
And soon after that more appeared, until there were dozens.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows03.jpg)
Before we knew it our apple pie was almost gone!
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows04.jpg)
What we wanted to eat ourselves they stole out of our hands.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows07.jpg)
The sparrows were all over the table and licked the plates clean.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows05.jpg)
When it was all gone the sparrows asked us to order more pie. We refused, so they moved on to the table next to us where they attacked a plate of poffertjes.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows06.jpg)
On our visit of the beautiful town of Marken in Noord Holland today we sat down outside at café ‘De Visscher’ and we each ordered a hot chocolate and a piece of apple pie. The weather was beautiful and we had a great view of the harbor. Here is Amy in her FBI shirt, still unaware of the invasion that would soon follow.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows01.jpg)
After a minute a sparrow appeared on our table.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows02.jpg)
And soon after that more appeared, until there were dozens.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows03.jpg)
Before we knew it our apple pie was almost gone!
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows04.jpg)
What we wanted to eat ourselves they stole out of our hands.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows07.jpg)
The sparrows were all over the table and licked the plates clean.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows05.jpg)
When it was all gone the sparrows asked us to order more pie. We refused, so they moved on to the table next to us where they attacked a plate of poffertjes.
![Sparrows in Marken](https://www.wolfstad.com/img/2007/marken_sparrows06.jpg)
3:44 pm
charter members of the “Clean Plate Club”
great pics!