[birdky] Re: Fw: Re: tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little Mount
- From: "sk" <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mtobbe@xxxxxxxxxx>, <kyraptors@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 18:18:17 -0500
I, too have used the Van Ert traps. They work very well. (I found a dead
bluebird in one of my boxes at school - after that, it was war!) To prevent
catching bluebirds, I stapled a piece of cardboard over the opening of the nest
box with a smaller diameter hole. The bluebirds were too big to fit, but it
wasn't a problem for the house sparrows. I removed it after trapping, so the
bluebirds could then use the box. I asked our school principal if he would
"take care" of the sparrows for me when we caught one. He had no problem
wringing their necks, having been raised on a farm. One day, he wasn't there
and I had to take care of the trapped bird. I had read that if you press on
their chest, it will stop their heart. I'm as squeamish as they come, but I
managed to do it. We used the bag over the nest box technique, as well. Of
course, we don't let the third graders know that we are dispatching the birds.
We're just taking them to a "nice new home."
We've only had to trap sparrows one year. We've been really lucky. I keep the
traps on hand, just in case. Janet
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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike Tobbe
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 2:37 PM
To: kyraptors@xxxxxxx
Cc: Birdky
Subject: [birdky] Re: Fw: Re: tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little
Mount
I didn't know you all would accept frozen birds. We usually kill a sparrow
with ether. But maybe I should get over my queasiness and choose a method that
would permit a "donation" to your operation.
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From: "Eileen Wicker" <kyraptors@xxxxxxx>
To: "Birdky" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 1:41:48 PM
Subject: [birdky] Re: Fw: Re: tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little
Mount
Anyone that does not use something harmful or toxic, if they would pop them in
the freezer I would take them. Baby season is coming and the Coopers Hawk
chicks would enjoy them. Currently our falcons get quail for avian meals and
that is the only avian the Coops get as well, just not as often. I hate for
chicks to grow up thinking they are mouse eaters. Pigeons, starlings and
sparrows are so much better.
Eileen
Eileen P. Wicker
Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky Inc
www.raptorrehab.org
(502)491-1939
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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Debi
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 11:57 AM
To: Birdky
Subject: [birdky] Fw: Re: tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little Mount
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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