>In Seattle there is little or nothing that will stop the house sparrows.
>Last fall I posted a plee for help in getting rid house sparrows. I tried a
>variety of the tubes, perches, and various other contraptions.
>Scott Downes
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This is very puzzling to me. The only thing I can think of that might
explain it is the fact that I scatter sunflower chips and millet in my
driveway for the ground feeding birds and that's where the House Sparrows
feed. I suspect they prefer millet to sunflowers; hence they've never
bothered with the sunflower feeders. Since you can't get rid of them maybe
it's best to give them an alternate source of food? That's what I ended up
doing with the squirrels. Now that they have their own feeding station they
leave the bird feeders alone.

John Shelton
Portland, Oregon