Several days ago I was digiscoping Tree Sparrows at my neighbor's nestboxes,
and ended up with a photo of a House Sparrow trying to yank one of the
swallows out of the nest box. The sparrow was unsuccessful on that attempt,
but I was surprised at how aggressive he was in reaching in and hauling it
part way out of the nest hole by grabbing the swallow by the neck. I
haven't trapped in the past, but...

John
jww dvm


....>Starling control is very neccessary, and
> so is house
> sparrow control. Those guys are VERY nasty. You think it's bad when they
> clear out your feeders. I would rather have that ANY day than
> them killing
> my tree swallows or something.
>
> Blake Iverson
> Arlington, WA
> coopershwk at hotmail.com