Subject: [Tweeters] Chickadees versus House Sparrow
Date: May 17 11:07:16 2013
From: Hal Michael - ucd880 at comcast.net


Been doing nest boxes here in Oly for close to 20 years.? In that time we have had something like five House Sparrow nests, with three in one box in one year.? Despite the reputation of the sparrows for ?driving out natives, the chickadees (both Black-capped and now Chestnut-backed) seem to get first choice.


Hal Michael
Olympia WA
360-459-4005 (H)
360-791-7702 (C)
ucd880 at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Bletsch" <garybletsch at yahoo.com>
To: "tweeters tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 7:44:29 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Chickadees versus House Sparrow



Dear Tweeters,
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Yesterday at my place (near Lyman, Skagit County)?I walked by a birdhouse that I thought was unoccupied. To my surprise, I heard Black-capped Chickadee voices coming from within it.
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On March 31, I had seen a pair of Black-capped Chickadees doing battle with a male House Sparrow over this birdhouse. Every time the sparrow landed on the box, the two chickadees would fly at him, pecking furiously. Then all three birds flew off. I had figured the box had been deemed unsatisfactory by all concerned, but now it seems that, after all,?the chickadees have won the day.
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Yours truly,

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Gary Bletsch
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Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA
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garybletsch at yahoo.com
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"Nun," sagte ich, "wenn ich ein Taugenichts bin, so ist's gut, so will ich in die Welt gehen, und mein Glueck machen." Und eigentlich war mir das recht lieb, denn es war mir kurz vorher selber eingefallen, auf Reisen zu gehen, da ich die Goldammer, welche im Herbst und Winter immer betruebt an unserm Fenster sang: "Bauer, miet' mich, Bauer, miet' mich!" nun in der schoenen Fruehlingszeit wieder ganz stolz und lustig vom Baume rufen hoerte: "Bauer, behalt' deinen Dienst!"
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