I have had the same problem- makes me very sad, angry and frustrated. Welcome anyone’s advice. Susanna Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 15, 2023, at 9:52 AM, Staci Montori <stacimont...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi LT, > > Sadly, an aggressive house sparrow (HOSP) took up residence in our bluebird > nesting boxes and destroyed the eggs in the recent nest and drove the nesting > pair away. > > For the last 5 years, I have had great success (3 broods every season) with > my non-violent HOSP deterrent methods—Sparrow Spooker and fishing filament. I > am pretty devastated it didn't work this year and wonder what I should do > now. One, with the nesting HOSP. And two, how to proceed for the rest of the > spring to try to entice the bluebirds back to a safe nesting area. > > I am considering changing the boxes out to ones that are more sparrow proof. > If anyone has had a similar issue and has had good success with certain boxes > & preferably with deterrent methods vs. extermination, please advise. (I am > interested in hearing all methods, though as I don't want to take the boxes > down, nor do I want to help increase the invasive HOSP population.) > > Thank you, > Staci > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
