not really a bird watching note but here goes. we are roofing a shed and had to take a nest down.
It was a phoebee nest with four almost white eggs and a COWBIRD egg, Did we do the poor birdie a favor? Will she find another site and re-build I wonder? Without a cowbird? On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Melanie Uhlir <mela...@mwmu.com> wrote: > I took down all my nestboxes except for the one that House Wrens have > favored for years and already had a pair defending it from the damn House > Sparrow (and the one covering a woodpecker hole in our front wall, the > entry of which is plugged.) As I watched the tiny wrens ferociously > defending their home (the entry hole of which appeared to be too big to > allow the HOSP to enter), I hoped that perhaps the wrens would win by > killing the HOSP so I wouldn't have to. I still hear the wren song but > haven't heard the horrible, monotonous cheeping of a HOSP since I witnessed > the battle. So I'm hoping that Team House Wren gave that HOSP some of his > own medicine. > > If I ever, gods forbid, need to dispatch House Sparrows, I would be happy > to pay someone to do it for me as I am a big, squeamish baby who can't kill > things. Otherwise I might just have to give all my nestboxes away to > someone tougher. > > On 5/18/2015 3:09 PM, job121...@verizon.net wrote: > > For those who are fed up with damage done by house/English sparrows. > > *www.sialis.org/hospdispatch.htm > <http://www.sialis.org/hospdispatch.htm>* > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
