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Recent content by Amy5

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    Need some help, House Sparrows vs Tree Swallows

    Great news, I woke up this morning to see Mommy flying in and out of the house as normal. No house sparrows yet, so far this "spooker" is working.
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    Sparrows and tit box

    I also had this problem. I had house sparrows take over my chickadee/wren house and I could not believe they could fit in that size of a hole either, but they sure did. I kicked them out of that house and actually took it down. I am lucky enought to have Tree Swallows in my bluebird box. I...
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    Unattended Sparrows

    Hi Vixxon - 1st of all welcome to the forum, everyone is super helpful, so you'll enjoy being a part of it. 2nd, do not beat yourself up over the nest. As you said, you did not know it was there and would not have put the babies in harms way if you had. It's just a sad part of nature. We...
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    Need some help, House Sparrows vs Tree Swallows

    I've been in luck so far. My tree swallows moved in and she even laid the 1st egg this morning. But after reading about the damage a house sparrow can do I did buy and install the "sparrow spooker." But I've also not seen my tree swallow go back into the box all day. It might keep any and...
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    Need some help, House Sparrows vs Tree Swallows

    I've been watching my tree swallows for days now and so far they have not allowed the house sparrows to get into the house. I also am trying to scare the house sparrows away when I see them, the tree swallows do not seem to be scared of me so it's been working so far.
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    Colorful visitors to the mealworm feeder

    Hi Gymell - I do have house sparrows all around us. I have a pretty big side lot (all open, no trees etc) where I moved the meal worm feeder too, but still no luck in catching their attention. I just keep putting the worms out, you just never know when something new will drop by. And it's...
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    Need some help, House Sparrows vs Tree Swallows

    Hi everyone - To fugl, no I have not seen any House Wren’s around my yard. And infact I did see the Tree Swallow chase away the house sparrow today... but that was outside the bird house. To Lonny, what exactly do you do with the sparrows you catch in a trap?
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    Colorful visitors to the mealworm feeder

    I'd love to see this in my yard. I've been serving meal worms, but only the chickadee is taking them. Any advise on how I can get a blue bird in my yard?
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    Need some help, House Sparrows vs Tree Swallows

    Hi All - This is my 1st spring with bird houses up and when I placed my bird house right next to our house, I did not realize I was putting out the welcome mat for the house sparrows. After doing research online and talking to local birders, they told me to NEVER let house sparrows nest in...
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    Pros and cons to Nyjer feeder styles

    How many finches can feed at once? I usually stick with the mesh socks as they can accomidate a lot more birds at once.
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    So they finally found it.

    Thanks for sharing the pics… Yeah Joe, we will not be seeing any of these birds in our yards anytime too. :-O
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    House sparrow taking over my back yard?

    Thanks for sharing the pics, I really enjoy seeing how others have their feeders set up. Gives me good ideas for my own yard. I agree with all the others, you have a great set up and seem to have good coverage. You could try moving the suet/Niger feeder closer to coverage. When I’ve moved...
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    Caged Feeder - Is this true?

    I’ve been interested in getting a caged feeder similar to this one, as most of my feeding is done in the trees. I was reading some online reviews and a few people wrote in that when something spooked the birds they returned to find dead birds in the bottom of the cage. Almost like the song...
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    Are Starling's pest's, Bully's and birds no one wants in there garden?

    Any bird that eats Japanese Beetles are a friend of mine!
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    Signs of spring in the yard

    I noticed this very thing today myself. I was outside hanging a robin nest box and just stopped to listen to all the chirping. I can defiantly tell their songs are changing. FINALLY… I come alive in spring!
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