[birdky] Re: tree swallow checking out bluebird box in Little Mount
- From: Mike Tobbe <mtobbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tarcila Fox <littleowl48@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 03:54:05 -0500 (CDT)
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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