I have had 8 years of experience with blue bird support. If you would like information on how I have dealt with house sparrows I invite you to contact me privately at rvlem...@verizon.net
-----Original Message----- From: Staci Montori <stacimont...@gmail.com> To: <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> Sent: Sat, Apr 15, 2023 9:52 am Subject: [LincolnTalk] Bluebird midwifery advice 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.
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