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Salamander
Join Date: Nov 2008
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More disturbing cowbird information:
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/v070n01/p0055-p0057.pdf http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070305202649.htm
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WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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Yikes! Mafia and farming behavior in cowbirds. Dastardly devils! 56% of nests ransacked if cowbird eggs were removed (payback is a *****!) and 20% even if the cowbird never parasitized the nest? (at least in the case of this study with warblers) I'm liking these birds less and less.
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Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Sparrow Spookers Quote:
Sparrowtraps.net We do not need for sparrow spookers to be this elaborate for them to be effective. A simple dowel with strips of plastic baggies taped to the back of a nest box is equally effective deterring house sparrows.
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#14 |
Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Sparrow spookers aren't a big deal. You can buy a pack of streamers that go on kids' tricycle handlebars and stick them on a yard stick cut in half and that should work good enough. Duct tape it to the back of your nest box and voila!!! A home made sparrow spooker. If the streamers are too thick you can pull some of the strands out so the'll blow in the wind better.
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bluebird, bluebird eggs, bluebird nest, bluebird nest boxes, cowbird, cowbird egg, egg, nest, nestbox, sparrow spooker |
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