Birds of the
species Passer domesticus, known as House Sparrows, roost on a modern day electric substation that could be just about
any place on Earth where there's civilization.
House Sparrows are small, plump gray and brown birds with short tails and
short, powerful beaks. Traditionally seed-eaters, they originated in the
Middle East and followed human agriculture to most of Eurasia and parts of
North Africa. About 150 years ago House Sparrows vastly expanded their range
to include most of the world, due in large part to deliberate introduction
by humans. Willing to eat just about anything, House Sparrows are
well-adapted urban environments. As a result they have become the most
common and widely-distributed bird in the world.
An electric substation (or electrical substation) is a subsidiary unit of
an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where
voltage is transformed from high to low, or vice versa, using transformers.