of course, if you wring their necks none of them will return.

dale -- who lacks a mist net -- in moscow

On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Libor Michalak wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
> >
>