I've seen, emailed and/or talked with several people who either want to start to monitor and assist blue birds already in their yard or wishing to create an environment for blue birds. Some of you have said thar you have English sparrows, Some people have a open barn where English sparrows nest and reproduce, This is not a place to try to raise blue birds. The English sparrow will not tolerate any other bird attempting to nest in a nearby box or cavity. The English sparrow will enter the blue bird box and peck him/her to death. The English sparrow is not a native bird and can be killed in the USA, It seems to me that if you are not able to remove the English Sparrow from your environment you should not encourage blue birds. There are ways of keeping English sparrows out of the blue birds boxes using trapes.
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