How To Catch Invasive House Sparrows. Mousetrap Monday

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  • In this video we test out a trap for catching bird pests such as the non-native invasive house sparrow.
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  • @ShawnWoodsMousetrapMonday
    @ShawnWoodsMousetrapMonday  2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Do You Have A Mouse Problem? I invented The World's Greatest Mouse Trap - The Dizzy Dunker
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  • @mythicaltwinkie8216
    @mythicaltwinkie8216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2603

    Bird: *is not native*
    Shawn Woods: "your free trial of life has ended".

  • @user-pg5qr9of7f
    @user-pg5qr9of7f 3 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    Him: Humanely dispatch
    Bird: 👀

  • @mdsign001
    @mdsign001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1019

    I wish you could trap the house sparrows and send them "back" to Europe, here in the Netherlands they are natives and they are quickly disappearing. They are a beloved species of bird here!

    • @t-jaiamos1932
      @t-jaiamos1932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      Time to mass deport these birds

    • @jeanyluisa8483
      @jeanyluisa8483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      Yes, send them back to Europe. They are getting less and less here and we miss them.

    • @prestons3400
      @prestons3400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Yes we love them

    • @tahlenri
      @tahlenri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      I wish we could too. I wonder if there could be a program... I love house sparrows, even though they're invasive. I like their personalities. But yeah, they are pretty bad here, but I'd love for them to flourish where they are supposed to.

    • @DragonQueen78
      @DragonQueen78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      That is absolutely fascinating. Here in the US these birds are pests and there are WAY too many. We definitely have to come up with a way to ship em back to Europe!

  • @TedsHoldOver
    @TedsHoldOver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3526

    Stay in your lane, Shawn. The birds are mine!!! 😁

    • @ShawnWoodsMousetrapMonday
      @ShawnWoodsMousetrapMonday  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1209

      Wow! I didn't know you watched my videos. I have been a subscriber to your channel for years. You have one of the best channels on youtube. I suspect you have to deal with the same crazy treatment from youtube that I have to put up with even though we are controlling invasive pests.

    • @cubzrulz
      @cubzrulz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +462

      Oh damn this is a better crossover than avengers. Love you both.

    • @johnnybagofdoughnuts4193
      @johnnybagofdoughnuts4193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Noel López indeed

    • @SneakySolidSnake
      @SneakySolidSnake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      this gave me a good laugh, thanks for that.

    • @mikenick4571
      @mikenick4571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The both of you have educated me on these, thank you both Ted and Shawn!

  • @tabithathecat
    @tabithathecat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    I think they're actually endangered here in Britain, I'll take yer sparrows if you want.

    • @bananajoe3669
      @bananajoe3669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Same here in Germany. But we now have raccoons as a non-native invasive species to compensate for. So it's a lose-lose situation.

    • @NFLYoungBoy223
      @NFLYoungBoy223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Too Late

    • @imtired7682
      @imtired7682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same in Poland

    • @luckyme2702
      @luckyme2702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Meanwhile in the Philippines they are too many and they nesting coconut tree and some sparrow bird has eaten by cat.

    • @el_micha
      @el_micha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bananajoe3669 Where I live (near Leipzig) there´s tons of them. It looks nowhere near extinction. They feel more like a pest

  • @eltipodepan6373
    @eltipodepan6373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1986

    Man, that’s a weird looking mouse, must be a rat.....

    • @archaea0810
      @archaea0810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      What do you mean? It's clearly a squirrel

    • @bmn
      @bmn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@archaea0810 No, ITS CLEARY A DOG IDIOT

    • @jasepoag8930
      @jasepoag8930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      You've clearly never heard of the feather-furred Eurasian flap-flap mouse.

    • @eddym7538
      @eddym7538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It’s clearly a snake

    • @kenzyt1394
      @kenzyt1394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@zhongliangcai602 Oh shi, there's one in my yard now, 😂

  • @faxJAF_luva
    @faxJAF_luva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Racoon: This taste freshly humanely dispatched!!

  • @LavenderBeeHoneyTea
    @LavenderBeeHoneyTea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1577

    I feel bad that the bird had to be dispatched, but they really are invasive, super aggressive little things. It wasn't until I started bird watching that I realized what bullies they are.

    • @gustavoguti27
      @gustavoguti27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      Here they attack native species and take their territory

    • @1810jeff
      @1810jeff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      @@gustavoguti27 yeah they invade birds nesting and kill the birds by using their strong beaks to crush their heads.

    • @tonyvermeer7409
      @tonyvermeer7409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      I have two bird houses and the same male sparrow has claimed both, just to be greedy. I have not seen him or his mate in a couple weeks. Yesterday I finally saw a wren trying to clean out one of "his" houses and looking to take up residency.

    • @McNugget_Buddy
      @McNugget_Buddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      They're huge bullies. I replied to another comment about how I've rescued two baby mourning doves in the past year because these little assholes kicked them out of the nest boxes they were in and took them over.

    • @shize9ine
      @shize9ine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Starlings are monsters... seen them rip baby blue jay chicks to shreds.

  • @southbound1969
    @southbound1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    In 1958, Mao Zedong declared war on the sparrows. He thought they were eating the crops. Turns out they were eating lots of insects. It backfired.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      By eliminating sparrows, he eliminated the predators of crop-eating insects which was one of the causes of the Great Chinese Famine.

    • @jean-michelnadeau2833
      @jean-michelnadeau2833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Just declare war on the insects next.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@jean-michelnadeau2833 Well, Mousie Tongue has been dead for quite some time.

    • @kargaroc386
      @kargaroc386 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @LagiNaLangAko23 The population was less than half what it is now.

    • @Rzk41207
      @Rzk41207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      These birds are invasive, they kill birds that eat more insects, since sparrows eat mostly seeds but do eat insects

  • @A-G-F-
    @A-G-F- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Id gratefully take your Sparrows, here theyre endangered :(
    Eagles, Parrots and Hawks kicked their asses and now they are constantly fighting against pigeons

    • @CantoniaCustoms
      @CantoniaCustoms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Also in China they're endangered because mao had a gamer moment

    • @TheOneAboveAll
      @TheOneAboveAll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They are a nuisance. They've built nests in my chimney. I'm afraid of heights, so I had to have my brother come over to clear out my chimney before firing up my furnace every year. Had my brother not stumbled across the nest one day while caulking around the chimney , I couldve died from carbon monoxide poisoning from the blockage. Ive also found sparrow nests between the AC and my house many times.

    • @Brightsonp
      @Brightsonp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CantoniaCustoms Mao Zedong got uno reversed quickly

    • @CantoniaCustoms
      @CantoniaCustoms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Brightsonp yeah China had to import sparrows after they realized they permanently screwed over their ecosystem.

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheOneAboveAll They've been known to build nests in dryer vents also, and people have died in house fires because of it. I can't stand these nasty, invasive birds!

  • @RedHatClub
    @RedHatClub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I really dislike these sparrows, here in South Africa is the Cape Sparrow. My cousin and me once saw a house sparrow fighting with a cape sparrow female in the cape's nest. Eventually the fighting stopped and we just saw the cape sparrow drop to the ground dead and later the house sparrow threw out her eggs, it a horrible bird.

    • @noobFPV
      @noobFPV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Flying piranha.

    • @ShannonSouthAfrica
      @ShannonSouthAfrica 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mossies

    • @dannygarden464
      @dannygarden464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like the other bird that trow the egg out the nest and put is to be raise by other.

    • @1TheVelociraptor
      @1TheVelociraptor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dannygarden464 the cuckoo?

    • @dannygarden464
      @dannygarden464 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1TheVelociraptor Yes, lol, had to go translate didn't know in English, interesting little bird.

  • @Mackeson3
    @Mackeson3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +683

    That's OK but 1 sparrow at a time? The "funnel" type cage traps we could once buy in England could catch 20+ sparrows in a day, often a lot more.

    • @HeartMarksman
      @HeartMarksman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      This is just one trap. Chances are that he will make a video on that other one at some point in time.

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Definitely made for just a few sparrows in a building. It's made of Styrofoam so I would imagine they are super cheap. Could just put out more than one

    • @cornpie9755
      @cornpie9755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I would like to see this trap in a future video

    • @zw5509
      @zw5509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agree. Like a giant minnow trap.

    • @josephburchanowski4636
      @josephburchanowski4636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      You have situation where you are catching 20+ sparrows in a day? Why am I picturing y'all across the pond are living in 'The Birds' by Alfred Hitchcock?

  • @MegaSolidG3K
    @MegaSolidG3K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +969

    Trapping birds? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

  • @ListenEar
    @ListenEar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Sparrows used to be the most common bird in the UK.. They are now on the endangered list!

    • @ericcartman2794
      @ericcartman2794 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kinda weird.

    • @21preend42
      @21preend42 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lived in London, I haven't seen 1 lol, Pigeons however ....

  • @FrederickDunn
    @FrederickDunn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Wow, that sparrow call is the best part of it! We lost Bluebird fledglings and Tree Swallows to House Sparrow attacks this year, it was the worst. Whenever someone askes me about trapping, I send them to Shawn Woods, the true TRAP-MASTER! Thank you as always!

    • @Mintstar_Oceanpop
      @Mintstar_Oceanpop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just saw your European Giant Hornet video, (the one where you pick one up). What do you use as feed for them?

    • @FrederickDunn
      @FrederickDunn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mintstar_Oceanpop Those hornets, and other wasps came to 1:1 sugar syrup with Spirulina at 1 tablespoon (dry powdered spirulina) to one gallon of syrup. Thanks for watching!

    • @leonBUSSNESMROINA
      @leonBUSSNESMROINA ปีที่แล้ว

      YOU YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS KILLING WASPS YOUR EVIL WHY WHY WONT YOU JUST RELOCATE THEM

  • @AgrestisAnima
    @AgrestisAnima 3 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    These little guys were on the list of endangered species in my country. I wish we could just trade them against your native squirrels. But really cool to know a way how to catch birds.

    • @thomasmuller1850
      @thomasmuller1850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Ironically that's cause of the presence of too many "unnatural" houses, so they can't build nests on the steep facade.

    • @GadgetMart
      @GadgetMart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Exactly take the bloody grey squirrels back!

    • @komitadjie
      @komitadjie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Man, I'd SUPER trade you for these and the starlings!

    • @theoverseer393
      @theoverseer393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too buddy, but it’s never that simple

    • @jayvlugt3309
      @jayvlugt3309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      sparrow? endangered? my country? you mean my planet?

  • @petercollin5670
    @petercollin5670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I used to have bluebirds and tree swallows in my bird houses every year. The sparrows moved in and now every box has nothing but ES's in them. I hate their cheeping. Makes my yard sound like a 7-11 parking lot.

    • @mariocaroli7845
      @mariocaroli7845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same! They are really obnoxious

    • @Alex632
      @Alex632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao.

    • @L1xWaszy
      @L1xWaszy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Whats an ES?(sorry for asking idk)

    • @petercollin5670
      @petercollin5670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@L1xWaszy English sparrow

    • @jstreutker
      @jstreutker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@petercollin5670 Also known as EHS English house sparrow.

  • @ZSmith-yy4lv
    @ZSmith-yy4lv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Usually people will relocate them, but I won’t do that
    Bird: *nani?!*

  • @martine1184
    @martine1184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Maybe I missed it, but how does he "humanely" kill them before leaving out for raccoons and such? We lost bluebirds to these pests and they are trying to take a wren's nest. We don't want the house sparrows so we took the nestboxes down which is upsetting. I'm interested in what's shown here in his video!

    • @mutestingray
      @mutestingray ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe pump gas into the bag?

  • @Aquila556
    @Aquila556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I live in Asia. Here we have three types of sparrows. They are very cute IMO. Really have no idea they are invasive in America.

    • @pebblesandlightbulbs1748
      @pebblesandlightbulbs1748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      theyre most likely are invasive b/c they came from a different place they arent native too and tend to threaten native species and compete for resources

    • @r3zaful
      @r3zaful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@pebblesandlightbulbs1748 they eat pest like catterpillar, if anything the native bird must be really bad at dealing with insects.

    • @NickThePilotUSA
      @NickThePilotUSA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What kind of sparrows? I love Java sparrows (finch) and wish we could have them here

    • @theoutsider7992
      @theoutsider7992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's like he didnt explained it in the video.... oh wait he did explain

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      this video was hard for me. I really like birds but i know why he had to do what he did

  • @Omniscient_Maverick
    @Omniscient_Maverick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Ironically being native to southern Asia and Europe , population of house sparrows are near threatened in urban areas of India , Bangladesh Nepal and neighbouring countries.

    • @ArbitraryMind
      @ArbitraryMind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eternalspring1034 No its not because we eat them - its just due to urbanization where Sparrows have lost a lot of their natural feeding ground and nests. Tbh I've never found a native sparrow to be comfortable around humans - they always stay away. Maybe the ones in America that Shawn has are a bit different?

    • @21753117
      @21753117 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArbitraryMind They are a lot different here, not just a bit different. They are everywhere.

    • @pijn2370
      @pijn2370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @President Funny Valentine D4C Haha funny, making racist jokes and then proceed to say you're not, right?

    • @thomasmuller1850
      @thomasmuller1850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @LagiNaLangAko23 That's because many other birds don't do that well in the urban area.

  • @delfin7461
    @delfin7461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Seems like wildlife management should catch the sparrows in the US and send them back to Europe since they are endangered there.

  • @maximusmock
    @maximusmock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks Shawn. This was a really big help. Just ordered one to help out my bluebirds. I despise those sparrows.

    • @martine1184
      @martine1184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So do we! They've bullied away the bluebirds from the houses we made just for them and barn swallows. They are also noisy

  • @markg6860
    @markg6860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    In the UK, the House Sparrow is now a "red list" species ... it's getting increasingly rare.

    • @robertstallard7836
      @robertstallard7836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Indeed.
      House sparrows in the UK aren't really a problem, just as grey squirrels aren't really a problem in the US (out in the wilds, anyway, not so sure about people's attics!).
      Put those two species in the opposite country, though, and they become invasive alien pests.
      I hate to see Shawn dispatch that one but it's an invasive species over there, so fair enough.

    • @unknowngirloriginal
      @unknowngirloriginal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@robertstallard7836 yeah we are losing native red squirrels to invasive gray squirrels in the UK which is a shame I've only seen 3 red squirrels in my lifetime and I'm almost 23, but I always see gray squirrels around.

    • @daztheman552
      @daztheman552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes this was a bit different, as I feed these a love to see them in the garden, UK

    • @blameusa7082
      @blameusa7082 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      same as the natives

    • @rockerneck
      @rockerneck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unknown Girl well, we definitely have enough gray squirrels over here in the states so just shoot em or trap em

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    _How to live trap Karens next?_

  • @cornpie9755
    @cornpie9755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    In the terrestrial ecology courses I have taken for my Environmental Science degree, we have identified house sparrows to be extremely damaging to local species.
    Their beaks are tough so they usually win fights with other local species, often killing the parents and taking the nest site.
    I wish more people would take action to remove house sparrows as their prevalence is entirely anthropomorphic in cause.
    I would love to see more traps for sparrows, keep up the good work Shawn!!

    • @OP_-pk9hm
      @OP_-pk9hm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So this birdie is bad guy? We humans must help? Okay got it 🤓

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cornpie 9 I agree, I wish there were more options to get rid of these awful birds!

  • @redtsun67
    @redtsun67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Never feel bad about dispatching these little guys. If the sizes were reversed, they wouldn't give a second thought to eating you alive.

    • @IWillNotSellMethIPromise
      @IWillNotSellMethIPromise 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What’s sad is that they’re declining on their native range

    • @janc8199
      @janc8199 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I find this video disgusting.. I live in the States and I have found in recent years these little guys are disappearing. I am a fan of sparrows, and I better not find out someone is killing them in my neighborhood.

  • @Grayald
    @Grayald 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Nothing better not come in my house. The cat's already swatting at it on the TV.

    • @recoveringsoul755
      @recoveringsoul755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      put the bird in a small room with your cat. Humanely dispatch it

    • @shonnyNOR
      @shonnyNOR 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cat skins makes a good back warmer for winter time. Otherwise, the only good cats are flat cats!

    • @recoveringsoul755
      @recoveringsoul755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shonnyNOR My cat is the twin of Gray's cat. My ex wanted to make a gear shift knob out of his head. Claimed to be allergic to cats, but would play so rough that he always made the cat spray him like a skunk does when it's afraid. I had a vet appt one day after he sprayed the now ex. ANd asked the vet to empty the scent glands. They took my cat to another room, returned and said the scent glands were already empty.
      Bwahhahaha hubby got the double barrel full dose!!

    • @JohnCena8351
      @JohnCena8351 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cats are disgusting

    • @216trixie
      @216trixie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Double negative.

  • @alexy.3462
    @alexy.3462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    I've been using the Deluxe Repeating Sparrow Trap in my urban yard and it's amazing (unless you're a sparrow).

  • @justin-db7hw
    @justin-db7hw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    House sparrows aren't that bad, you only find them near people. You'll never see them out in the country or forests, but they will forcefully evict other native birds from their cavity nests.
    I do a lot of bird surveys for work.

    • @adamsoldier9898
      @adamsoldier9898 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In iraqi>>Kurdistan>>erbil we have sparrow and doves living in our city it have been like this as much as i remember.

  • @princesita22je
    @princesita22je ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Even though it's a evasive and destructive it's still cute.

  • @topramen5884
    @topramen5884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    One time I watched a house sparrow attack a small American coot brave little birds

  • @johnf.kennedy7683
    @johnf.kennedy7683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    This is a weird looking mouse.

    • @eltipodepan6373
      @eltipodepan6373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Bro your soooooo dumb, it’s a rat......

    • @yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619
      @yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eltipodepan6373 LMAO

    • @blackonblack...9244
      @blackonblack...9244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eltipodepan6373 Rat with wings, LOL!

    • @Josh12323
      @Josh12323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eltipodepan6373 bro ur way dumber. This is obviously a mole.

    • @35joannecoleman
      @35joannecoleman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Josh12323 nah clearly a naked mole rat

  • @Joseph_yy
    @Joseph_yy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    What’s interesting is that in my country,house sparrows are actually the vulnerable species and needs to be protected from invaded species like Crested myna. Crazy how the tables have turned.

    • @kaaasis
      @kaaasis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How the turn tables have turned
      ...

    • @rawonions8827
      @rawonions8827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, they aren’t invasive everywhere. That’s like saying it’s interesting that you’re welcome to enter your house uninvited but is shooed off when trying to enter your neighbor’s house without permission.

    • @Oakleaf700
      @Oakleaf700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here! {UK} Invasive species are Indian Ring necked Parakeet. As a kid, Sparrows were everywhere. They are suffering a serious decline in some parts of Europe and India.

  • @Andy-hi9do
    @Andy-hi9do 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In my neighborhood, they don't live very long we got tons of ally cats which feast on these guys day and night... I feel kinda bad for them even though they aren't native.
    I raised one before when I was a kid, a male. They have tons of personality, even when I released him outside(wild) he'd comeback every night and sleep in the patio. He didn't really associate with the other sparrows instead he hung out with my parakeets and learned to speak parakeet.

  • @EgaTehPro
    @EgaTehPro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow, I didn't even realize they were a problem. Great video as always Shawn.

  • @marybutler9250
    @marybutler9250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sounds like a great way to get an endless supply of free birds. (Monitarily speaking)

  • @michaelbaessler8982
    @michaelbaessler8982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm glad that you don't limit your trapping to just rodents. So interesting! Funny side note, I was watching this video on my back porch and as soon as the bird call started I started hearing sparrows around my house. Lol. Thanks again!

  • @21753117
    @21753117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    We used to keep birds as pets when we were kids, we had a variety o them. The sparrow was like the rat bird, no one ever wanted to keep these, and they wouldn't live much if kept captive. They are everywhere in South America, at least in Argentina, in much higher numbers than other birds. They use to make nests below houses roofs so they are quite invasive and destructive. It's true that they are less scared of humans than other birds. Glad you dispatched one! The only other ubiquitous and aggressive bird I know of is the vanellus chilensis (tero), those guys are meaner.

  • @am0804
    @am0804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    *Yay my favourite time of the week, Shawns videos :)* .....

    • @am0804
      @am0804 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      :)

  • @cellgrrl
    @cellgrrl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks Shawn, I really need this. I battle these birds every year. They make nests right above pedestrian doors at my house and constantly drop poop. One bird alone has had three consecutive nests with about 5 chicks per next. It was trying to build a 4th. Finally I went to battle with it, every time it put up some material, I took it down. This went on all day long every 15 minutes. But by the next day it gave up and moved over to my shed. At least it was not in my face constantly. This has been an annual ritual. No more.

  • @PrincessCelestia19
    @PrincessCelestia19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Sad thing is. They don't know their destructive. Their just trying to live their cute little lives. I don't blame the bird.❤

    • @hexmaniacgabby5160
      @hexmaniacgabby5160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's how I feel about mice too it sucks

    • @tabithathecat
      @tabithathecat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah. They're red list endangered here in the UK

    • @nerfedJAB
      @nerfedJAB 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Their cute little lives end with the bird barrier sparrow trap door

    • @lawr5764
      @lawr5764 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah... Blame the jerks that brought them here, so it would feel more like back home in Europe.

  • @e.s.4184
    @e.s.4184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What's the easiest way to dispatch the sparrows? They're invasive up here in Canada too, and they would make great bait to get carnivores on my trail camera.

  • @simonkettler3594
    @simonkettler3594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    In Germany they aren't known as destructive,the live on farms and eat insects to keep the Population healty.I gave never seen sparrows who distrube Other birds.They live together with other birds who are native in Germany as well.
    But they aren't native in the us so therefore good job

    • @Iguana5k
      @Iguana5k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Cause they are native in germany. They dont mess with the other german birds cause they know they fight back hard.
      In our garden all the bird houses are inhabited by blue tits while the sparrows have to nes in the corners of the roof beams.
      Cause these tits have some balls and kick the sparrows out when they see them in a bird house while they are searching for a nest spot.

    • @Jokeriz
      @Jokeriz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I call them french fries birds,because they are always outside Mcdonalds etc :)

    • @greentjmtl
      @greentjmtl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      In North America they will actually go in native bird's nest and peck the chicks to death, sometimes even one of the parents, and build their own nest on top. If you google it you'll find lots of (gruesome) photos/videos of this.

    • @noemario2348
      @noemario2348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@greentjmtl wow, interesting, they look so harmless and adorable. But ...

    • @hassesiemonsdochter574
      @hassesiemonsdochter574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its a good job,but i dont think just a single trap is effective to kill milions of these birds.
      Do you as a German know how to kill milions of of unwanted lives?

  • @gigaslave
    @gigaslave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    In Singapore they have to deal with the Mynah, Pigeon, and Crow mafias, so sparrows aren't nearly as prolific here.

    • @mohhoicheng3995
      @mohhoicheng3995 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes ikr maybe coz too damn hot

    • @gigaslave
      @gigaslave 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @TacticalMoonstone They definitely are more vicious than compies, and yes I mean the dinosaurs.

  • @GStreetEntertainment
    @GStreetEntertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great video, good way to catch the sparrows. We have a major problem with those buggers where I live. Our neighbour has bird feeders all over his property and feeds them throughout the year. After like 1-2 years these pests have risen to a population of about well over 200 birds. Since they get their food effortless and all the time, they stay between like 3-4 houses and sit on the trees around it. Everything is getting popped on. We hardly see any other birds around. Years back, we had many different types of birds. I would like to catch them but the laws here in Switzerland forbid to do that. This is an example of very false love for nature and animals.
    The neighbour might have good intentions, but he only creates a bigger problem and helps to get other bird species to go extinct.

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That sounds like hell on earth to me... ugh, I feel bad for you. I assume they are invasive where you live? If so, I can't believe they won't make a law making it ok to kill them, especially what they are doing to your local bird population. I can't stand their incessant chirping! Maybe you should bring your lawmakers to your house!

  • @Fae_Lady13
    @Fae_Lady13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Asian here! Fun fact! Those little guys are pretty much edible. Back in high school, my friends and I would spend many a summer evening climbing up the trees around the rice paddies (we live in a barrio with surrounded by farmland) with flashlights so we could stun them with the bright light and catch them for pulutan to go with our inuman 😁
    Bonus if we get some fruits while we're at it too! 😂

    • @arsantiqua8741
      @arsantiqua8741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah yes Filipino gang. Greetings from Cebu.

  • @clintrichardsonclintfromny203
    @clintrichardsonclintfromny203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That bird was on trial. Got sentenced to death by the judge, jury, and executioner man.

  • @RumMonkeyable
    @RumMonkeyable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    OMGosh, Shawn, this video is perfect timing for me. I have the "Invasion of the Nesting House Sparrow" on my porch....which now needs to be cleaned everyday, AND, the noise these little birds make is extremely ANNOYING. I just ordered the Sparrow Trap Door, and it will be arriving next Friday. I ordered one with the audio module, as well. Can't wait to be free of these pesky critters. THANK YOU for posting this very helpful video. 👍👊😍❤️️

  • @starberst79
    @starberst79 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Should I start removing the house sparrows in my back yard? They fight off the dark-eyed juncos that try visiting. I want native species back.

  • @YUN6_V3NUZ
    @YUN6_V3NUZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    when dinosaurs become invasive

  • @Yoke84
    @Yoke84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    They look cute
    Also when he set of the trap is scared me🤣

    • @ARandomCogboi
      @ARandomCogboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They may looks cute, but I’ve seen what they do to baby bluebirds (don’t look it up, it’s sickening). Trust me, these things are spawned from Satan himself.

    • @JohnCena8351
      @JohnCena8351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ARandomCogboi That's a weird excuse to kill them. Have you seen what we do with animals?

    • @donnk
      @donnk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JohnCena8351 invasive species need to be killed, to protect the endangered native species.

  • @JJoa74
    @JJoa74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    3:11 I like how once it gets caught you just see seeds come flying upwards lol.

  • @Billhatestheinternet
    @Billhatestheinternet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Look up the Van Eck sparrow trap. It uses an already existing bird house, and booby traps it. Bird goes in, and door closes behind it. You use the bag as you did, and if it's friendly, turn it loose. If not, lights out. Probably cheaper, and definitely less cumbersome.

  • @DeathbyPixels
    @DeathbyPixels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Crazy to think these House Sparrows (fun fact: they’re not actually sparrows, they’re a type of finch) are seriously threatened in the UK while being so prolific and damaging here in the US.

    • @Dice-Z
      @Dice-Z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Is there no way to mass relocate them from a continent to the other? Feels like that'd be the best option if it weren't costly, difficult or ethically questionable.

  • @thecollector8737
    @thecollector8737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Wow i never knew these were pests.. i have a bird bath for the ones around my home.. t

    • @yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619
      @yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay lel

    • @LiLi-or2gm
      @LiLi-or2gm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @9600GTMAN Yes! Where I live, the deer will come into the yards and eat the newly planted flowers and vegetables if they are not protected by a deer fence or covering. And this is in an urban area of 170,000 people!

    • @McNugget_Buddy
      @McNugget_Buddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LiLi-or2gm Try planting some Lavender in with the flowers. Deer hate lavender for some reason.

    • @ikbendusan
      @ikbendusan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      time to shoot em

    • @Safarichromosomeslol
      @Safarichromosomeslol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @9600GTMAN I live in Hungary and I haven't heard about that. Like, seriously, nothing at all. I only know about overgrowing mouflons populations in some National Parks or the wild boars that are roaming around human settlements. Which is of course, not surprising

  • @samuelrincon4407
    @samuelrincon4407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I appreciate that you care about the environment and try your best to protect it :)

  • @BalaenicepsRex3
    @BalaenicepsRex3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to consider these sparrows very cute, but now I've confirmed my suspicion that they're invasive. I like watching birds, so I noticed when this species arrived in my city; they definitly weren't here before.
    Great video, Shawn. Keep it up!

  • @brunomarcoslaroca96
    @brunomarcoslaroca96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey there, I'm from southern Brasil, born and raised in a small city and 80% of the birds here are pigeons and house sparrows, nice information! Love the videos.

  • @pixel7761
    @pixel7761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Destructive bird
    Me: oh this is gonna look ugly
    The bird:

  • @andreak.4375
    @andreak.4375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video! Catch more sparrows!!

  • @truecerium4924
    @truecerium4924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Due to changes in the environment (rural - urban) this common sparrow became so rare in parts of the UK, Germany etc. that they count as an endangered species

  • @chakizaku
    @chakizaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Instead, we're gonna humanely dispatch it, and feed it to wild animals!

    • @emmaly8993
      @emmaly8993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We contained the scp

    • @anduro7448
      @anduro7448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@emmaly8993 now we kill it

    • @birdboy2256
      @birdboy2256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is what made me dislike this video

  • @oliviapotter9491
    @oliviapotter9491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would love to see more sparrow traps. Perhaps next time you could do a funnel trap like Mackeson3 suggested.

  • @SleepFaster18
    @SleepFaster18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Awesome video as usual. I'll add that people need to learn the key identification features of house sparrows before trapping and especially before dispatching to ensure they do not harm a native species.

  • @InvasionAnimation
    @InvasionAnimation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    0:37 Anyone notice that the bird was flipping the bird?

  • @sting1111
    @sting1111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have trapped sparrows and starlings for years now and the native birds are back to my farm.

  • @LifeInsider
    @LifeInsider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    We have many in Egypt actually these are the standard sparrows here

  • @WhatAboutTheBee
    @WhatAboutTheBee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    One of the reasons this works so well is that birds must initially jump into the air to start flying. They cannot jump off of a receding surface, the floor fading away from them.

    • @givepassword
      @givepassword 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it’s true, it doesn’t apply to all birds. Not all birds need to jump to start flying.

  • @smitias_8474
    @smitias_8474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In China their was a really strong attempt to exterminate all sparrows. But then insect pests took over and done much more damage than sparrow did. Dozens of millions died due to famine after that and China had to import sparrows from USSR.

  • @gesachristiansen991
    @gesachristiansen991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    as a european i find it funny. you want to get rid of the sparrows and we want to get rid of the racoons. man we will fail both. cheers mate

  • @exploringcreation1354
    @exploringcreation1354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    !! Love this! I shoot these pests off my bird feeder and anytime I see then around my yard! We have a line of nest boxes lining our lawn and in one season I had these dirty little birds take four tree swallow nests and a bluebird! This year they've taken a bluebird nest as well as a house wren! I've killed dozens upon dozens even removing chicks and adults from the nest boxes and still they are so common! I've also killed those pesky starlings! I posted a couple house sparrow hunting videos and hope to do more in the future. Keep up the great work Shawn! Love it!

    • @Mark-xl8gg
      @Mark-xl8gg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I’m sure your trophy room is very impressive where do you keep the duckling display is it next to the kittens

    • @exploringcreation1354
      @exploringcreation1354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Mark-xl8gg actually it's ducklings, puppies, than the kittens,

    • @miguelcabreracastro6968
      @miguelcabreracastro6968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the real pests are humans tho :/

  • @bluemenace04
    @bluemenace04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:59 I just imagined that bird just flat out shitting itself. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @michaelscottalloway8915
    @michaelscottalloway8915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it seems to work out pretty good for catching one at a time , but what if you wanted to catch more then one ?

  • @mickproductions1
    @mickproductions1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shawn: We are going to set this trap.
    The house sparrow: heavy breathing.

  • @jaedengarcia8249
    @jaedengarcia8249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hey Shawn I was just thinking about bird traps or deterent, pigeons are a big problem nesting up on the roof and under solar panels. It would be cool if you could do a video for that in the future! Thanks for the videos!

  • @theoogabooganed414
    @theoogabooganed414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Are you able to keep these as pets?
    They always come to my house because I leave seeds out for the birds in my backyard

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I see no reason why you couldn't.

  • @gnutzguy
    @gnutzguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't kill them, send them to Vancouver, British Columbia. We love them and we have two 18 foot tall sparrow sculptures in the Olympic Village.

  • @Nik_Airball
    @Nik_Airball 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Today I learned sparrows are an invasive species in the US Ty Shawn

  • @4nhk066
    @4nhk066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i've been decapitating sparrows with ordinary snap traps, made by myself, the body just stays in place while the head flies 2 meters :D

    • @ssip7339
      @ssip7339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's sounds brutal... awesome.

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😆

    • @kiratsandhu7179
      @kiratsandhu7179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even after death flight is still possible

    • @miguelcabreracastro6968
      @miguelcabreracastro6968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that is... too brutal... nothing personal but, its not his fault to be there...

  • @MPH_1993
    @MPH_1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They run my purple martins off every year. Finally had enough and went on a killing spree with a 22 long rifle. I don’t even want to know how many I took out

    • @Acroflame
      @Acroflame 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Holy guacamole

  • @toasturhztoastbunz896
    @toasturhztoastbunz896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man. House sparrows are in such a bad spot.
    Endangered in their original hometown.
    Yet invasive in alien territories.

  • @hairyurinal4382
    @hairyurinal4382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don’t worry guys, no birds were actually harmed in the making of this video. Just a flying mouse. This is a mouse trap channel after all

  • @marclytle644
    @marclytle644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Every year those things would nest in my attic. And every year one of them would get lost in my attic. I have a hole next to the furnace where they would sometimes fall and sit there cheeping. It was annoying I would have to catch them, and release them. last spring I decided that I would shove steel wool into the hole they were getting in. It has been wonderfully silent this year.

    • @FishKepr
      @FishKepr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here. I found the holes they were using to get in and replaced the screens. No more sparrows. I imagine they could rip out steel wool though.

  • @MeMelon4u
    @MeMelon4u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Every raccoon in the morning be like: yo today's Monday that means a mouse trap Monday,hope he doesn't change it and make a raccoon trap video,that would be fatal😂

    • @oisincollins-childerson7952
      @oisincollins-childerson7952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a delicate balance 😂 some Mondays they get fed, other Mondays they get trapped

  • @pietperske3583
    @pietperske3583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There are millions of them, the neighbour's cat is more effective than this thing.

  • @stoojinator
    @stoojinator ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do you dispatch them, Shawn? We have an invasive species in Australia called Indian Mynars and I've been thinking about getting a trap for them, but never really knew what to do with them once I caught one.

  • @alonamorgan8755
    @alonamorgan8755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have heard and seen a TON of these at the horse barn I go to

  • @WiliamBennettwildarbennett
    @WiliamBennettwildarbennett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    @4:35 mark
    Masked Bandit looks at camera...
    'Hey Shawn this isn't the takeout menu that I ordered, but what the hey, it's a free meal'

  • @1995--
    @1995-- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These birds always come into my work. Their pretty sneaky

  • @PinkisaBlackmag
    @PinkisaBlackmag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel so bad for the little bird, I feed them a lot, too. But we have to be responsible, even if it means controlling an invasive species

  • @hippityhoppityyourchildiso8803
    @hippityhoppityyourchildiso8803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everyone: Wow thats cool
    Me: BIRB

  • @COUNTERCOM
    @COUNTERCOM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Nobody tell Mao zedong about this video. He has a bizarre hatred with Sparrows.

    • @blakemortellaro
      @blakemortellaro 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And humans. Or any counterrevolutionary for that matter, regardless of species.

  • @biggusdiggus3337
    @biggusdiggus3337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't believe you done that sparrows are getting quite rare over here in the UK from where they originated from just think they flew all that way. How amazing is that.

    • @mylt1z28
      @mylt1z28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They didn' fly to the US, they were brought here and introduced to try and combat linden moths in 1852.

  • @stephenelder3162
    @stephenelder3162 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great content recently brother!!

  • @thelegoguy9490
    @thelegoguy9490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “Bird trap Tuesday”

  • @samsen3965
    @samsen3965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never knew invasive mice have wings! Chines really know how to create things no one ever seen!

  • @losingmyfavoritegame8752
    @losingmyfavoritegame8752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool trap! I really liked this variety, now we're trapping birds, haha! Also today's fan art is adorable.

  • @gregarioussolitudinist5695
    @gregarioussolitudinist5695 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep Up ALL the GREAT work.