[wisb] Re: House Sparrow in Chickadee nest box

  • From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: anna.ftw@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:04:19 -0600

Fishing line! a strand or two, a la Pat Ready, may keep them away. It's
working on our feeder, and we have only a strand or two up.
Jesse Ellis

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Anna Keaney <anna.ftw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We put up a nest box a week or so ago and have seen both chickadees and
> House Sparrows going inside it. I'm not sure either in particular has
> claimed it yet (although today the sparrow was in it a couple of times).
> This box was bought last summer as a chickadee-wren box, but I think our
> woodpeckers have widened the hole, drat them. I've been reading different
> things saying take the box down entirely, or just replace the panel with
> one with a smaller hole, or just check the nest and remove it if it's a
> sparrow nest (this is hard to do because the box opens from the bottom, not
> top)... I thought I'd ask if anyone had any "best practice" info on this?
> Thanks!
> Anna Keaney
> Madison, Dane
>
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Jesse Ellis
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dept. of Zoology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Dane Co, WI


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