Subject: House Sparrows at Feeders
Date: Jan 7 12:04:54 1999
From: Libor Michalak - libor at atlas.geomatics.com


I must agree with Russel on this one. I too have been having the same
scenario at my house. Once these guys get banded they hardly ever come
back! I have banded dozens only to have only about 1% retrap ratio and for
me most have been females. It makes a bugger for HOSP studies!

One Canadian bander up for hire to get rid of them, a branch office of
Russel's "Pester your Passer Inc. 2.... :-)

Cheers
Libor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Russell Rogers
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 11:50
> To: Tweeters
> Subject: House Sparrows at Feeders
>
>
> 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
> >
>
>