I witnessed some bellicose behavior.
A cardinal discovers spilled seed under a bird feeder and begin feeding on it.
The feeder is used by a “group” of house sparrows. At once, the chirping begins. Very, very noisy. The cardinal goes away. Silence. The cardinal come back. Chirping, again. The cardinal goes away again. The sparrows descend on the ground and eat the spilled seed.
This is denial of food resources.
It is an ecosystem without cats, squirrels, and the sparrows are the dominant species in the backyard and growing in number.
I want to attract cardinals in my backyard, and here are the questions:
How can I attract cardinals?
How can I temperate/avert this aggressive behavior of sparrows? Other that removing the feeder.
A cardinal discovers spilled seed under a bird feeder and begin feeding on it.
The feeder is used by a “group” of house sparrows. At once, the chirping begins. Very, very noisy. The cardinal goes away. Silence. The cardinal come back. Chirping, again. The cardinal goes away again. The sparrows descend on the ground and eat the spilled seed.
This is denial of food resources.
It is an ecosystem without cats, squirrels, and the sparrows are the dominant species in the backyard and growing in number.
I want to attract cardinals in my backyard, and here are the questions:
How can I attract cardinals?
How can I temperate/avert this aggressive behavior of sparrows? Other that removing the feeder.
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