House Sparrow Facts, How to Trap Sparrows with a Live Catch System. They kill Eastern Bluebirds
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- How to trap and remove sparrows that may be killing native songbirds. This live catch cage allows you to manage them unharmed so it does not risk injuring harmless songbirds that are native to the United States. This is the best trap system I've found.
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Should you be trapping House Sparrows?
Why use a live catch trap system?
Trapping anything should not be taken lightly and live catch systems are only humane when they are continuously monitored.
This system does not stress the birds and you can release easily after capture, completely unharmed.
Articles that I would like you to read before you get upset:
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Purple Martin Societies and Bluebird Societies nationwide endorse trapping of House Sparrows.
With Live Catch systems, if you change your mind, you can release the birds unharmed.
In cities, you see house sparrows displacing native song birds in huge numbers, most people think they are cute sparrows and provide seed feed and housing with perches as they help them overtake urban areas bird houses and feeders. They simply don't know what they are capable of.
I feed only black oil sunflower seeds at my feeders, I use seed feed in the live catch trap as this is most likely to attract the house sparrows.
If you do take measures to control house sparrow populations, you will see songbird numbers rebound in your area. I have seen a steady decline in BlueBird egg hatch rates and have watched House Sparrows attack and destroy baby birds and chase away BlueBirds. Wood Peckers and some other nesters seem able to defend themselves. Tree Swallows nest in groups and fight off House Sparrows with superior numbers, but even tree swallows that start early or remain nesting late, will be attacked and often killed.
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So, you've trapped a House Sparrow, now what do you do with it?
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You might try using just millet and/or bread crumbs for bait. It might discourage the good birds and attract the trash sparrows. I only use millet in my trap. This is a great trap, I have two of them.
Nice video and excellent trap. Used to build large 6'X6'X6' Troyer V - traps for Euro. Starlings. They work very well and some days I would catch 35 - 40 birds in 24 hours. I used garbage for bait and always had water available in the trap area.. As you point out it's very important to monitor the traps -- one afternoon I had trapped about 15 Starlings. The next time I looked at the trap chaos was prevailing. An immature female Cooper's Hawk had entered the trap and proceeded to kill 3 Starlings -- the trapped Starlings were panicking and fighting back at the same time. It was a mess to untangle -- but I got the hawk out unharmed -- but with a lot of bird shit on my coveralls. I released her but she stayed in a tree in the yard until I took the 3 dead Starlings out of the cage and put them on the ground. The hawk immediately snatched one as soon as I was out of sight. It was dusk and all three were gone the next morning. It was a very cold winter and I surmise that the hawk, not having refined her hunting skills yet, was very hungry - she had to be to take such chances?
I have used this trap for years with great success trapping house sparrows. I now raise 2 clutches of bluebirds per year on my farm. These sparrows love to hang around farms. I bait with straight cracked corn from Tractor Supply. I rarely ever get any other species but house sparrows.
Ive been doing some experimenting some have better luck with just millet seed, but I have better using both millet and cracked corn in the storage bin.
I host nesting bluebirds, tree swallows, woodpeckers and purple martins. I have one of these traps installed on a shed with an indoor roosting compartment. I only use white bread as an attractant and I keep a few house sparrows live in that trap that act as decoys. It makes it much more effective. There is nothing worse then having house sparrows or Starlings devastate your cavity-nesting birds that you are trying to preserve. Fred you and I are similar thinking people. I wish there were more people like you. On a side note I started keeping chickens 2 years ago.
Yes! There is an old gentleman who has actualy made a side-box for this trap and has the results you're describing. I can't get mine to pay attention to bread, but the city sparrows sure do! Mine seem to like that mixed seed. If I leave them in the trap through the day and past sunset, others seem to join them in those last few hours of sunlight - leaving the females and removing the males is an excellent magnet :) Yep, great minds!
how does one get a trap like this ?
@@arnoldzyphill3167 two places I know of. One is called troyer's Birds Paradise and the other place is called nature Unlimited in Topeka Indiana. You could probably find troyer's bird paradise online. Both are Amish owned and Amish run companies. So the quality is outstanding and it is pricey. But it'll last forever
Need to identify House Sparrows? Here is a helpful link: SEE Eggs - Hatchlings - Juvenile - Adult - Male - Female - Nest Materials www.sialis.org/nestshosp.htm Please Watch This Video... this trap can be used to collect female house sparrows, put them in your trap system to attract those killer male house sparrows. Great combination approach if you have a large problem. th-cam.com/video/AT6sQDvJMNo/w-d-xo.html
your voice is incredibly soothing. and your videos are so informative. i live in a city centre at the moment, so i can't keep the bees or chickens I'd like to be keeping. but i get to live vicariously through your channel 😍 thank you for all the awesome work you do
Ohhh, thank you so much, what a nice comment!
yes its so soothing it would put me to sleep
I think that's so funny about the white crowned sparrow. He's figured out an easy meal with pretty much no one else to take the food. And you let him go without hurting him so he's loving that.
It's worse than I thought (';') there are three White Crowned Sparrows doing the same thing. I think I've just put up a dining amusement park for them apparently. ONE in particular doesn't even fly away anymore, it just hops down on the platform and goes right back in. I have to re-think this situation. ( ';')
Oh no he told all his friends. Yes I think they find it very entertaining. A see saw, food and protection. haha. Yeah might want to try something else.
Always "something"!
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I'm sorry Fred, but I find your white crowned sparrow drama hilarious! These "dumb" animals are always outsmarting man's best efforts. They are one of the species who go into my henhouses for a free meal. I see them waiting in the bushes till I feed. I now only put enough feed in just before roost time for the chickens. Can't afford to feed every sparrow and cardinal around here.
Nice video Fred. I have used a couple of these traps for past 10 years and they work great. When actively trapping, I try to leave a couple live House Sparrows (we call them decoys) in the trap to draw in more. These highly social birds are attracted to more of their kind and other native species are more likely to stay away when they are in there. Trap is also very effective during winter months for capturing a LOT of European Starlings (non-native bird that also kills our native cavity nesters). It only works for them when there is a little snow cover, and especially when snow is flying. Trap baited with peanut butter at back of bait tray and weighted for larger bird works great. Important if leaving decoys in trap to feed and water them.
Thanks Paula and yes, particularly the females, if left in the cage, will attract others and it's still working swimmingly.
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Thanks for sharing. I haven’t seen this design in before, online it’s just funnel traps. I’m going to upgrade my Indian myna bird trap. Also loving your flow hive videos.
It’s a good day when u shoot house sparrows and starlings. We have blue birds and purple Martins.
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Beautiful video of that Crown Sparrow. Wild birds like this most of the time will get tame only to the person that handles them. I don't think anyone else will be able to get this close to him. Birds are very good at recognizing individuals.
That's a very good point, and I think you're right. When I sit on the deck, those birds come and go very close to me, but when others are around, they keep their distance. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I love how the Whitecrown returns to the trap and looks like it has a sinking feeling something unpleasant might happen again.
I ordered mine and getting it today in the mail. Last year English house sparrows killed one of my adult Male bluebirds right in the nest box. The year before, they pierced the eggs and tossed them out of the box. The chicks inside were developed enough for me to see them. They want a war? Now it's on! I notice that you dont have baffles or sparrow spookers. The baffle is good to keep snakes out. I had that problem also before putting them up
Hi Debbie, I haven't had any snake problems at all. The sparrows are here in gangs though... you'll be trapping them soon! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Once u trap them, send them to the poor kestrels at the rehabs! Or sell them.
Frederick-- Ive mentioned this before but enjoyed watching your double suet cage vid many times , the music blends well. I have the same cage but after a period of time the house sparrows mobbed it and I no longer use it and the starlings were a pest too. So I made a couple upside down suet feeders which eliminated the HS and only an occasional starling which I can live with.
This Fred enjoyed Fred's showing.Made me order one.Hope it works for me .After research,I don't want the bad guys around.I like the ability to adjust sensitivity.
when i was young i was compelled by a mysterious blue bird that appeared in my hometown. I was never really into electronics on tv heh...so I spent the summer trying to catch it!😂
I did a lot of research and even built a trap just like this! but not as sophisticated.
but...m I caught a bunch of sparrows instead.
I ended up making a good ole fashioned stick trap heh. tied a thin rope to a stick and placed a basket on the end of the stick and it took a few days but with a few bags of peanuts and a little luck I got it! it was a western scrub Jay. I observed it for a few hours then set it free.
just thought I'd share heh. awesome vid and I can't believe how calm you are when handling those birds!
thanks, what an interesting story
Hi. I learned a lot about the bird and trap
Enjoyed your video viewing from Dublin, Ireland
How do you take care of the Winged Rats? As an avid gardener I will use the same method I do on gophers..
Birds are smart little buggers. We don't give them enough credit! Thanks for the post. I used this trap & caught a White- Crowned Sparrow with bumblefoot. Caught, rehabbed, RELEASED!
Sounds good Soozi, it's actually fun releasing them :)
Yes indeed! As a trained wildlife rehabber, each & every release is bittersweet. I always tell them "Be safe & please, stay away from cats & humans"!
OOOhhh I didn't even think of the cats == sounds very interesting.
The domestic cat is a huge problem for wildlife, worldwide. Research Hawaii's endemic/indigenous bird species and it says it all! When birds are brought into center & have been cat mauled, they must be administered an antibiotic to ward off deadly & nasty infections. We get A LOT of cat mauled birds!
How do you treat for bumblefoot?
EXCELLENT video, the best I've seen on this topic.
I've watched numerous other videos that fail to explain the Why and the How associated with trapping Sparrows, and subsequently the posters receive many hostile comments from perhaps well-intentioned but uninformed viewers.
Well done, Sir! 👍🏼
Thank you so much, it's an important message as there are so many "bird lovers" who are feeding and housing house sparrows only to find out there are no more native song birds in their area... thinking it's because they "just don't have those birds in town." If they only knew...
Hi. I also have one of these traps, so far only having caught one male house sparrow. I am curious what you do with the Cowbirds that you catch. I was under the impression that they ate native birds and therefore protected. Is this incorrect?
I think you meant to say they "are" rather than "ate" native birds. Yes, they are protected in most States and should be released.
The 'unused' screw on the door can be backed out a bit and used as a handle to open the door.
Good video. I appreciate you taking the time to explain why we catch sparrows and why we try NOT to catch protected songbirds. Hopefully those that use this style of trap will monitor it as well as you do. My fear is most people do not have the skills to identify a HOSP vs some songbirds and thus there will be casualties. This style of trap trap is a copy of an old design. There are newer,. more technically proven and targeted means to humanely catching invasive sparrows. The one I prefer is the Sparrow Trap Door used with Sparrow call to catch the decoy bird. Then using the decoy bird you can use a simple, inexpensive funnel trap to catch the remaining ones. Do this in the spring to catch all the new sparrow fledglings and you will definitely make a dent in the population.
That is extremely interesting.. if you have a link to the sparrow call partnered with the trap door system you describe, that would be very helpful for others. You are exactly right, these systems are only good if people monitor them. Same goes for any and all live catch traps, they are only humane if frequently monitored. Should be put away or inactivated when owners are not home.
Not sure I can post a link but anyone do a google search for "sparrow trap door" and find it.
www.birdbarrier.com/category/050SPTD/sparrow-trap-door/
Sure you can post a link, thanks!
I live in an apartment and have a homemade cage trap on my balcony. How do yo recommend I dispatch them?
If you go to this website, they present several options - www.sialis.org/hospdispatch.htm
So can it be adjusted so you CAN catch a light-weight sparrow? I want this for use in a grocery store...we keep getting small birds in the store.
Yes, you can slide the bolt to make it as sensitive as necessary.
Thanks for answering that question.......I had the same question! .....
This is a great informational and entertaining vid of this sparrow trap. I recently purchased and setup this trap 2 days ago , no birds in it as yet. I have the bait feed on the trap as displayed here. I have the trap on a table maybe 3' high. I also have a birdhouse sparrow trap ready and waiting and when I get a house sparrow will put it in the elevator trap as a decoy.
So besides the cage trap I also have a birdhouse trap that I keep for sparrows and I have another bluebird house in another area and put a skylight in it hoping house sparrows wont like it with incoming light. Maybe one day I will actually get bluebirds to nest in it.
I also use a bread tie to secure the trap mechanism at first so the smarty house sparrows can get in and get out without triggering it. Then, when I to catch a few females, I leave them inside the trap and like clockwork, around the end of the day, the females get joined by males and you get a bunch of them at once. Good luck!
@@FrederickDunn I have done the same thing at night till I can check it out the next day and in the process some birds have had easy access to the seed stored in bin. I had this one ambitious male sparrow kept jerking and tugging at the loose metal flap raising pretty high at times. Once I noticed it just waiting there as another bird dropped as if waiting for it to lift the entrance flap, but didnt happen.
Ive had other native birds go in such song sparrow and house finch and I let them go but one house finch never went thru the entrance and eventually flew upwords in the elevator part and flew out the way it came in.
@@FrederickDunn I will have to remember that but so far its mostly males that go in , if I get one female Im lucky.
You might get a kick out of the house sparrow-proof mealworm feeder I designed and crafted that's shown on a video on my channel.
You have links for different models of the trap, but is there a link for the one you use in this video?
I show the website branded on the side of the trap... just type in and you're on your way to the manufacturer. I think it's sparrowtraps.net or something similar. Tell them Frederick Dunn sent you :)
@@FrederickDunn Thanks so much!! :)
Great video! How far away do you need to relocate the sparrows so they don’t just fly right back?
You don’t relocate them! You dispose of them! National Audubon Society encourages us to do that! They are taking over our Native American birds. I’ve witnessed, myself, them killing a nest of baby chickadees, their momma and also a pair of bluebirds. They are a nasty bird!
It's highly recommended that you get rid of them altogether. Contact your Wildlife Recovery center, they are always in need of food for their raptors and other wildlife that is not invasive.
I LOVE THAT ROOSTER!!
thank you for sharing this
Thank you for appreciating it and taking the time to comment Muse Muse :)
Strang I lived in East Alabama for 40 years at the same house and never seen a house sparrow or a Starling for that matter. We do have cowbirds but that might be because we had a cow field behind the subdivision for many years.
You are very fortunate! House sparrows have taken over most cities to the point that there are few to no songbirds remaining.
Great video! Can you tell me where to order one of these traps? Thank you!
Thank you Rebecca, I have some links in the video description. You can google live catch sparrow trap and the company shows up www.sparrowtraps.net/store/ this is where I purchased this one.
@@FrederickDunn Thank you very much!! : )
@@rebeccaweaver5523 You're welcome :)
What an interesting idea! My favourite bird nests in my area, and I've always wondered what I could do to help reduce the ever-increasing european starling population. However, what do you do with the starlings once you have them?
Hi FraidyCat, I am fortunate enough to know a participant in a State Raptor Rehab program and they are in constant need of resources for their recovering eagles, hawks, kestrels, and owls. They don't want me to name them, as it's a sensitive topic.
That's a great idea! I'll contact the local rescues and see if they would need the assistance. Thank you!
Oh, that's very nice of you!
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Thank you!
Great video! Thanks.
lol'd at the white crowned sparrow.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello, thanks for the video been thinking of buying one of those traps but the reason I haven’t is I don’t know what to do with all the dead birds and a quick way to kill them so they will not suffer. Where I live we are over run with house sparrows and starlings it’s awful. Can you please share that info? Thanks
I put them out by the woods and Raccoons, Possums, and Fox will take them.
@@FrederickDunn your lucky I don’t live near woods wished I did. Thanks for the reply
What is the best bait to use for sparrows?
Pop corn,bread,milet,milo?
Standard mixed bird seed, though many swear by millet, I've never used it.
@@FrederickDunn I do not recommend mixture. Attracts the good guys. I only added two sunflower seeds and only attracted an Indigo Bunting.Thankfully I was monitoring the trap and safely released the Bunting.He has come back to my other feeders but I removed the sunflower seeds.
2 questions
1. Can you make these at home?
2.. have you ever caught european starlings using that trap?
I suppose you could get one and then make a copy. There is a youtuber who made a housing system that attaches to it so the sparrows are in there longer and protected from weather. I have not seen starlings in them.
I've used the same trap on and off for approximately three years and have caught to-date over 575 House Sparrows and 65 Starlings. One day last week I caught a record 15 Starlings using dried mealworms as bait.
@@douglaszylstra6942 oh, ok. one more question, when you do catch the alien birds where do you take them to be euthenized?
To my knowledge most people put them in a pillowcase swing it around in the air and strike .hard flat surface. It's quick and painless @@aaaydenwetsell
How does one typically kill the intended birds once caught?
www.sialis.org/hospdispatch.htm
Just ordered one.
Still the best system I've found anywhere...
What can you recommend for live trapping doves?
Hi Daniel, I'm not sure if it's legal to trap doves, but they do get into this one and if it had larger entrance openings, doves would fill it up fast. I have to release a dove-a-day from the first stage of this trap. They just can't get through the opening, so they just sit there waiting to be released.
Cool vid thanks for the help
You're welcome, thanks for taking the time to comment!
What about squirrels? Also, what do you do with the caught undesired birds?
I love squirrels :) they have zero interest in this system. I do have a squirrel proof feeder though and it works, no reason to trap them :) Although the tiny "angsty" red squirrels to invade woodpecker and other bird nests and eat their eggs... but the large Fox and Gray Squirrels are not much of a problem at all, I like them because they plant trees by forgetting where they have left their nuts ==
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I've seen your other squirrel proof feeder vids and wondered if they could get into this bird trap/feeder. Also, what do you do with the undesired caught birds?
Haven't had a squirrel yet. The birds we don't want are picked up by a rep. of the raptor rescue and recovery program, they would rather not be named but they rehabilitate hawks, eagles, owls, and kestrels they feed them mice and small birds and some fish depending on the species.
I had the link in the description of the video, but took it off as the maker doesn't respond to e-mails and isn't friendly. You can do a google search for live catch sparrow traps and it comes up, a website dedicated to this trap exclusively.
I've caught mice in his trap. I behead them and give them to the cats.
And no the cats aren't good at catching birds. Thankfully. I have them for mouse, rat, rabbit, chipmonk and squirrel control and they do pretty good. They also get fed.
Will this trap work for grackles?
I have never had a grackle go into this trap. Remember that they may be protected, so check your game regulations.
How do I find out if it's ok to start getting rid of sparrows myself?
every state posts it's regulations via their Fish and Wildlife or Fish and Game dept. House Sparrows are not protected in any State in the U.S., other countries may have a different system.
How do you weight it for starlings?
I've never had starlings go into this trap.
I've seen a similar video on trapping the English or house sparrow. Using bread as bait reduces or eliminates unwanted bycatch of native bird species. Of course that White-crowned sparrow isn't going to be able to free-load off of you, but I think you'll be able to live with that.
I think that's very true of the sparrow living in and around populated cities and urban areas, but here in the countryside, they didn't care about bread at all. But I'm sure that would work in a McDonald's parking lot!!! :)
@@FrederickDunn I've had the same repeating trap for years and I've had good success using only millet to attract English Sparrows. It seems most of my song birds prefer the black sunflower seeds in my feeder and avoid the millet in the trap. I have occasionally caught a true sparrow, but thats pretty rare.
You say the flap could benefit from a handle to open it, I'd say that is probably what the screw is for, just back it off a few turns. 7:14
Did u buy that trap? I need one. These birds ruining my house.
They are in the video description... there are several designs out there. I'm still using this one and it works very well.
Thank you!!! I just order one. We are so excited. The sparrows are taking our house over on the carport and back porch. Plus ran my martins off Which know I why the left. Thank you for the video and help
@@dmcc4286 Remember, if females go into the cage just leave them in there as the males will follow them right in. Then just remove the males and leave the females to attract even more males. I hope it works well and too bad about your Purple Martins! People who feed and encourage the house sparrows just don't understand what they do to other birds.
Wow nice place ang content
Thanks I just bought this as I have a crazy neighbor woman who has several tower feeders and her car is soaked in crap!! Simply is not home in the head.. Excellent vid..
Unfortunately, there are many MANY backyard bird feeding folks who celebrate the presence of house sparrows and feed them. Then they wonder why there are no native song birds around?
Those Cow Birds remind me of those creatures in that Alien movie. Yikes!
Oh, that they use another host to rear their young? Strange indeed.
You have the same knowledge as I do. Knowledge they do not give you in school. Thanks for doing your homework and thanks for this video.
I made a purple Martin live strap house. To catch starlings and sparrows.
Yes, it's super annoying to see house sparrows take over an entire purple martin community house.
I want This Trap , I Love This Trap , Where From I Can Buy This Trap in Pakistan , Please
There is a link in the video description
@@FrederickDunn could you please give link for this trap; I only saw metal alternate, no link for this live trap.
My area is inundated with English sparrows; these feathered locusts have eaten all my cherries, currents, red raspberries, and elderberries.
What do u do with the sparrows after you catch them?
Karen M kill them
I give them to a local raptor recovery center - they feed them to hawks - owls - eagles etc... I do the same with live trapped mice and rats.
@@stifflers69mom1 That's what the wildlife federation says to do "dispatch them". Our State Bluebird Society also posted a kill procedure for house sparrows. Fighting an endless tide as long as other people provide nest boxes and feed house sparrows - and they don't understand why my property is loaded with songbirds while they only have sparrows. It's a tough message to get out there.
Frederick Dunn I’m getting a sparrow trap, I bought it last night.they are out of control at my place, either killing song birds or bullying them out.
@@Karennnchris That's what really convinced me to trap them. Once you see them attacking mother bluebirds on the nest, or pecking baby chicks apart when parents are absent you soon realize that they aren't like other birds. Which trap did you get?
Cowbirds, at one time, followed herds of buffalo .As the buffalo grazed they would flush insects for the cowbirds to feed on.Out of this nomadic lifestyle the cowbird evolved this method of nesting.Well we all know what happened to the great herds of buffalo.Luckily we still have cowbirds and they,re federally protected!
I have this trap but don't catch much or often. I found an old Purple Martin book, that had said from Purple Martin house landlords that a small radio playing music in the daytime will deter the house sparrows from nesting in your purple Martin apartments. Evidently the Purple Martin's are fine with the music. Just don't play it at night.
That's interesting, thanks for sharing that unorthodox approach.
Thank you
You're welcome
One thing I am noticing is the sparrows will not mess with the woodpeckers, not even the small downy woodpeckers!
Where can I get one like it pls
link is in the video description.
Should it not be mentioned that when making a bluebird house make the hole 1 1/2 inch. While not 100% against cowbirds, it does deter them?
1.5" entrance holes don't stop Cowbirds.
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How do you get rid of them after catching?
contact our raptor recovery wildlife rehab centers, they need them to feed recovering hawks, owls, and other raptors.
@@FrederickDunn am from the UK!!!
For some reason. They just let these annoying as hell tiny birds roam free . Like our government immigration policy too
So don't think I can do what you guys do in the USA!! Which is a freaking joke . Because they are just as annoying and loud as your sparrows in US too. Our country is backwards!!
Why would a bird which has the same nesting habit as a cuckoo be protected??
I have no idea... and it's annoying.
Studies have shown that nests with cow birds eggs have better survival rates than the same birds without. Stan tekeila has some great naturalist videos I bet you would love check him out!
Thanks for the info!
@@FrederickDunn no problem He is great at explaining things you would never think of. Tons of amazing books too
@@muskyman26 I'll definitely look into that. Thank you.
the roosters scare the crap out of me.
Sorry about that, I actually even turned the sound down for that crowing sequence, I guess not enough though.
don't worry about it the video was still great to watch
Thank you!
mjsrtz wussy ;)
I want to know if squirrels can get into this trap. We have a lot lii f squirrels which is fine with me. They are entertaining. I must have over 100 sparrows. They have taken over and I'm losing my bird population.
I've had chipmunks go in... but not full sized squirrels.
cool
thanks
I'm having problems with house sparrows. It's so frustrating I hardly see any other bird just pure house sparrows. Maybe 2 or 3 cardinals show up, but compared to last year this is very very little. I have low shrubs and small trees they liked to nest in, but now I see none. I saw a blue jay then never again, chickadees I see 2 or 3. It's all just house sparrows. There was a native bird who made a nest in my tree and the very next day I already 2 sparrows mating in it. Not only that there are 4 stray cats. That I need to catch and take them to a shelter. 2 invasives in my backyard. So unfortunately I will not be feeding anymore birds until I can find a solution to both problems. Cardinals must have been easy for these strays to get. I'm so sad I'm hoping this trap I order works. Then I need to figure out how to trap these stray cats to take them to a shelter. 😧
Havahart makes very good live catch traps. My biggest problem is in getting backyard birdfeeders not to feed and house the House Sparrows, if they could only see the damage the males can do to nesting bluebirds it would possibly open their eyes. But, as you're describing, the song birds have already been displaced firmly by the sparrows.
@@FrederickDunn so there is nothing I can do for the songbirds? 😔
@@yansfor5306www.hironbec.com/hironbecE.html this works for chickadees and swallows. It's really easy for chickadees because their so light put up some nesting boxes and feed them in the winter as they don't migrate
The mother sparrows have brought all their juveniles to our feeder. now some of the other birds such as gold finches and chipping sparrows are using our feeders less as they are intimidated. Did this happen to you and did the juveniles eventually move on
The juveniles will set up the same territory as they mature, eventually you'll see a local flock develop as they establish a territory which will eventually repel all other smaller birds. This is why in the city, people almost never see native song birds, or the numbers are greatly reduced as they are replaced by house sparrows.
do you have any idea why they are eating suet? is it because it's breeding season. They never looked at it until maybe 3 weeks ago...now they can finish whole suet cakes meant for woodpeckers and chickadees in a few days. Are they feeding their young the suet is that's what's happening? Will this behavior pass?
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Aren't you attracting birds other than HS due to the type of seed you are using?
I use black oil sunflower seeds in all of my bird feeders. When I'm trying to attract and thin house sparrows, I use that mixed seed as it's most appealing to them. You are absolutely right, the mixed seeds are terrible magnets for house sparrows and I wish everyone would switch to black oil sunflower seeds :)
@@FrederickDunn Thanks!
The screw on the door should be turned out a bit and it is used as the handle. Great video!! (One part of the subtitles states "barrel" instead of "sparrow".)
Thanks Faye!
I think the elevator trap is the best than a van ert sparrow trap
Thanks for sharing!
A House Sparrow got in my house..It was a female. I caught her and dispatched her. She is no longer a problem.
ok then
What does it matter, if it does not stress the birds, when some of them end up being a meal for Raptors!
Because with low stress, the catch, and release experience doesn't traumatize the "good birds".
I never use seeds of any type for traps.
Junior and finches will not stay away from seed.
I make a suet block with white bread.
Natives aren't as drawn to that. Canned dog food will draw starlings in like a magnet.
Thanks for sharing what you do.
Ike it.
what do you do with the HOSP that are caught?
they are provided to a wildlife recovery center and fed to recovering raptors.
About bird trap sir?
Link in the video description.
There is a handle on the door! That's what that screw is in front of the hinge on the door! Back it out a 1/4" and that is your handle!
Thanks, I already made one :) much appreciated though and maybe someone else will be smarter than me about that :)
Why do people promote the Peterson nest box I hear about tree swallows dying from overcrowding in them
That's interesting, I haven't had that occur here.
I think your release door screw handle is in too far. 😉
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Enjoy your bee videos, Mike, Sandusky OH
May be the "White Crown Sparrow" is a different one (brothers or sisters).
It's the same one, BUT, there are now several in the area and I had to stop using the trap because it was just ridiculous.
Grey squirrels are a nightmare for conservation in the UK. Send the house sparrows back please. We need them.
lol. Let's trade. You can have the house sparrows back, and we'll take back our gray squirrels. Unfortunately, the house sparrows are devastating the songbird population over here... -_-
@@iamSketchH that's a deal. Are we trading by weight? Or a 1 for 1 basis? 😄
@@normandtroll1 😄
House sparrows in the UK: 5,300,000 pairs. Tree sparrows in the UK: 200,000 pairs. You've got them backwards dear. You just made for a very bad deal lol.
Seems the best options might be to just trap the male house sparrows.
You are absolutely correct. Once you remove the males, the females go away, no longer interested. I have been doing this very thing for several years now.
Yesterday I had 5 males in the trap , a bit strange no females have entered.
@@yes350yes, that's EXACTLY what you want! Never mind the females. They won't come around the houses if the male's aren't there to secure them. Great hunting!
We dont get any sparrows because we have too many parrots and larger birds - the only birds that really get trapped are the indian mynas and then they get gassed ( i dont do it and i dont know the person who does it )
Wow, such a different situation you have there Missy, do the Myna birds you mention impact native nesters?
The IUCN declared this myna as one of only three birds among the world's 100 worst invasive species[3] (the other two birds being the red-vented bulbul and the European starling.)
www.indianmynaaction.org.au/documents/Fact%20Sheet%201%20Indian%20Myna.pdf
I"ll bet there are a lot of 12 year olds with bb guns very happy to get that news ("> there are actually professional pest bird shooters here in the U.S., Farmers Hire them.
BB guns nah no one has guns except criminals and cops
In rural America, nearly every twelve year old had an air gun. It's not illegal.
Dang sparrow are evil
Plz remember that cowbirds are not invasive and they can lay their eggs in several house sparrows that don’t use nest boxes. They avoid bluebirds and cavity nesters because the other babies cannot get pushed out.
all true
These traps do not work indoors.
It's definitely an outdoor trap
wisch we could do the same with harmfull humans....
Dr Phil said this once and I never forgot it "there are people in the world who wake up each and every day with the intention to bring harm to others". It's sobering to know they are out there.
It's frightening. And justice does'n"t her work. The criminel and the mad people are not punished or confined inough. And here in France the prisons are almost looking like a holliday in hotel... Just last saturday a women was victim of a knife attack near my dougther's shop. (excuse if my English is not very good). The man was more time in psychiatrik thérapie but they let him free and this poor woman never now him she was just on wrong place at wrong time. He said his life is "shit" and he was just angry... And the woman ?... She's between life and death. Sorry to have deviated from the subject of your vidéo. Successful continuation and if you are interest for birds and have a little time to look my vidéo from our house sparrow TCHIPI you will see how much lovely he is and be surprised of the plays we made with him like a dog lol. th-cam.com/video/Rl9AUkXq8mw/w-d-xo.html
Yikes! For anyone watching this - be very careful about cowbirds because the video was not clear on that. The video mentions "why we want to trap" them. While these birds are heartbreaking, they are native to North America. Most states protect them. Therefore we Do NOT want to actively trap cowbirds. As a native species, nor do we want to euthanize them. Occasionally states will lift these requirements when numbers are out of hand in order to control populations. But in general, native species play a role in their ecosystem and we must be careful about interference.
Now when it comes to house sparrows and starlings, they are not native. Instead they are invasive and have decimated the populations of native birds. They are not federally protected either. Without trapping and euthanizing them, their proliferation could lead to extinctions or endangering many native species.
Tldr: do not actively trap and euthanize cowbirds or interfere unless your state has given you clearance - otherwise doing so is illegal and could have unanticipated environmental consequences. Do actively trap the invasive species so that we can protect our native birds from endangerment.
True, you need to release cowbirds.
Do you have a preferred humane way to euthanize the house sparrows?
Also what to do with their eggs
Hand them over to wildlife recovery centers, or CO2 to put them to sleep.
Would you get to what I'm really looking for? How to build the trap! Get to the point! Grr!
I always take my time when explain how things work. You can always go to the video settings and click on the 2X for playback speed :)
Try these www.hironbec.com/hironbecE.html for swallows and chickadees
OOohhh! I like it Randy, do you have anything to do with that company? I'll need to test some of those!! Thanks!
@@FrederickDunn No I just discovered it the other day and looked into it. It seems like a sweet idea so I ordered a couple. I just feel like if more people knew about it a lot less song birds would be killed.
@@FrederickDunn I've moved to an area with chickadees and they seem more interested in boxes with larger holes so I figured this would work better than installing a reducer after they build the nest or start laying as I've read others do I don't like that idea because I fear they will abandon the nest
@@FrederickDunn I got a couple up the chickadees are interested th-cam.com/video/UQSkRR8y7SM/w-d-xo.html
Isn’t there a way to free them without awkwardly grabbing them what if you stress them out or accidentally kill them
I'm sure there are many ways to handle them better than I did. (">
@@FrederickDunn they’re too dumb to go out by themselves the exit needs to be bigger