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 > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > > -- Jesse Ellis Post-doctoral Researcher Dept. of Zoology University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, Dane Co, WI #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn