[TN-Bird] House Sparrow Help

We have had the same problem with House Sparrows as Laura McCall stated in her 
post on Sunday.  When we were birding in Texas we found a solution that has 
worked for us.  At the DeWinds yard along the Rio Grande River we saw they had 
hung dozens of metal washers about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter from strings 
all over their yard.  The washers were at varying heights off the ground.  We 
had no idea about their purpose until someone posted on Texbirds that the 
reason the DeWinds did this was to keep the House Sparrows away and we 
remembered their yard was free of them.  We tried it in our yard and it worked! 
 Wherever we hung the washers the House Sparrows stayed away; if we put down 
feed in other areas the House Sparrows showed up there.  And other birds don't 
seem to notice the washers at all.  
I have no idea why it works but it has for us so far and is worth a try.  

Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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