Wouldn't that be grand? Is there a way I might attract Merlin?
Melanie On 5/10/2015 5:44 PM, John Confer wrote:
Hire a Merlin. So far all the prey I have identified, i.e., a small sample of 3, have been House Sparrows. John ______________________________________ From: bounce-119150749-25065...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-119150749-25065...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Melanie Uhlir <mela...@mwmu.com> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 5:07 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] House Sparrow advice I can't remember who it was that posted about dealing with House Sparrows. I have a question/concern: A pair of these murderous little creeps seem to be trying to move in to a nestbox nailed to our house to cover one of the numerous carpenter bee/woodpecker/squirrel holes. My husband plugged the hole to prevent them from entering. My concern/question is: Will preventing their access to that nestbox be more likely to cause them to attack the nearby House Wrens? I don't think the House Wrens are nesting yet, but I hear little Mr. House Wren(s?) singing quite a bit and at least one box is packed with sticks. I have another box out back that has a LOT of various nesting material in it (feathers, grass, something fluffy, a few sticks). Once, when I was trying to figure out what was in there a small, brown bird was flushed, but that's all I got a chance to see. Many thanks for guidance. Melanie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
-- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
