Subject: House Sparrows at Feeders
Date: Jan 7 11:50:23 1999
From: Russell Rogers - rrogers at halcyon.com


Hello Tweeters,

I might have found a way to get rid of House Sparrows at feeders. I have
captured and banded 34 House Sparrows at my feeder. I have recaputed only
one. Once I capture and band one I almost never see them in my yard
again...where I have traps or nets.

For a while I was putting food out in the front of our house, where I do
not have any traps or nets. They would come to this spot by the truck
load. Now after nearly a year of banding here, they are almost nonexistant
in the back yard. They seem to be pretty smart little birds.

Perhaps I could start a little cottage industry as a bander for hire...

Pester Your Passer, Inc. :)

Russell Rogers
Olympia, WA


On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 randy_hill at mail.fws.gov wrote:

>
> Maybe we can work on the House Sparrow problem at feeders so they are
> more susceptible to the Merlins and Sharpies that visit our back
> yards.
>
> Randy Hill
>