Comments on: Sparrows vs. Bluebirds: Round One http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/03/sparrows-vs-bluebirds-round-one/ Birds, Words, & Websites Wed, 09 May 2012 11:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sparrows vs. Bluebirds: Enter European Starling. | Birds, Words, & Websites http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/03/sparrows-vs-bluebirds-round-one/comment-page-1/#comment-5570 Sparrows vs. Bluebirds: Enter European Starling. | Birds, Words, & Websites Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:23:18 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4513#comment-5570 [...] House Sparrows had invaded a nearby box…but we placed a block over the hole to discourage them and since then have not seen them performing any nesting behavior. Nor have they been showing aggressive behavior toward other birds. They’ve simply been absent. [...] [...] House Sparrows had invaded a nearby box…but we placed a block over the hole to discourage them and since then have not seen them performing any nesting behavior. Nor have they been showing aggressive behavior toward other birds. They’ve simply been absent. [...]

]]> By: Laura http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/03/sparrows-vs-bluebirds-round-one/comment-page-1/#comment-5244 Laura Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:17:50 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4513#comment-5244 Eric, I'm considering a trap but need to learn more. I understand that you need to monitor it very closely to remove the birds, especially non-sparrows, if they are trapped. But my box is WAY back in my yard in a place I cannot see from the window. I'm concerned I cannot monitor it closely enough. But if I could place the trap in the flicker box now, before flickers are due back, trap and dispose of HOSP, maybe that would relieve the territorial pressure entirely. For a while, anyway! Laura Eric,
I’m considering a trap but need to learn more. I understand that you need to monitor it very closely to remove the birds, especially non-sparrows, if they are trapped. But my box is WAY back in my yard in a place I cannot see from the window. I’m concerned I cannot monitor it closely enough.

But if I could place the trap in the flicker box now, before flickers are due back, trap and dispose of HOSP, maybe that would relieve the territorial pressure entirely. For a while, anyway!

Laura

]]> By: Eric B http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/03/sparrows-vs-bluebirds-round-one/comment-page-1/#comment-5243 Eric B Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:43:36 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4513#comment-5243 How about the "Universal Sparrow Trap": http://www.vanerttraps.com/universal.htm That or a b-b-gun! I will not let a HOSP kill our baby bluebirds again this year! Finding four dead babies was heart breaking last year, luckily I didn't bring my girls to look when I found them. It was hard enough telling the family after our daily joy watching them set up house. Nestwatch has a page on traps too: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/nestinginfo/outreach/participant_proj/hosp_trap_proj How about the “Universal Sparrow Trap”:
http://www.vanerttraps.com/universal.htm

That or a b-b-gun! I will not let a HOSP kill our baby bluebirds again this year! Finding four dead babies was heart breaking last year, luckily I didn’t bring my girls to look when I found them. It was hard enough telling the family after our daily joy watching them set up house.

Nestwatch has a page on traps too: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/nestinginfo/outreach/participant_proj/hosp_trap_proj

]]>