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["Patti Bell" <pbjoin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I understand that the common wisdom about nesting House Sparrows is to try
and prevent them from being successful, if possible.  Usually I hear the
advice offered as it relates to House Sparrows invading nesting boxes, but I
have a slighly different issue.  I've got a pair of House Sparrows who've
been working on a nest in a fairly open box (it's a three-sided platform box
with a roof, designed for robins).  I live in a very urban area (Highlands
neighborhood in Louisville) so I already have about 30 house sparrows for
every Chickadee, Goldfinch, and Carolina Wren.  I have two questions:
1) would removing the nest material and/or eggs until they get discouraged
be a futile effort in this case, considering how much they are entrenched in
the neighborhood?
2) would removing the nest material and/or eggs simply cause them to seek
out a more traditional cavity, where they might be more likely to harm
another native cavity-nester?


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