[birdky] Re: Fw: Re: tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little Mount
- From: <sialia67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Birdky <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 19:45:05 -0500
I dispatch house sparrows by holding them firmly in my hand with pressure
applied specifically to the chest. They succumb in about 30 seconds.
Scott Freidhof
Rowan County
---- Debi <debi1950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 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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