[birdky] Fw: Re: tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little Mount
- From: "Debi" <debi1950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Birdky" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:57:17 -0400
Question... what do you do with the sparrows after you trap them???
debi lucas
greenup co
For bluebird boxes, we use the Van Ert Universal Sparrow Trap.
http://www.vanerttraps.com/products.htm
Ideally, you have the screws already set at the beginning of the season.
When we see a house sparrow visiting a box, we slide in the trap and
tighten one of screws. Usually, we catch the male within 30 minutes. We
then slip a plastic garbage bag over the box and open the door.
We should start banding the bluebirds and tree swallows we catch and
release. It would be fun to know the age profile of nesting birds, the
percentage of nesting birds that hatched on the farm. Things like that.
I don't have a solution for martin houses. In hindsight, that should have
been a big consideration when we selected our martin house. And who
taught house sparrows what a pellet rifle looks like?
Good luck.
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From: "Tarcila Fox" <littleowl48@xxxxxxxxx>
To: mtobbe@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 7:55:41 PM
Subject: Re: [birdky] tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little
Mount
Hey Mike,
How do you trap the house sparrows? I never thought of that, but they
have multiplied and are trying to take over my bluebird houses and my
martin houses too!
Good thought!
Tarcila Fox in Goodlettsville TN, (about 1 hour south of KY)
On Mar 8, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Mike Tobbe <mtobbe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Time to start trapping the house sparrows I've been feeding all winter.
Mike Tobbe
Little Mount
Spencer County
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