Seen today (5/6/09) in the 3500 block of 34th ave s; Cedar Waxwings (at least 50 enjoying the left over hackberries) Yellow-rumped Warbler (at least a dozen) White throated Sparrow Chipping Sparrow American Goldfinch House Finch Half a million house sparrows
Yesterday I requested info on getting rid of House Sparrows. Thank you to everyone who replied. The result was a near even mix of trapping and euthanizing them and finding non-lethal ways of chasing them away. The non-lethal responses were; getting a decoy owl, put out food that they won't or can't eat and making them as unwelcome as possible. One person suggested I put decoy food out away from the "good" stuff in another part of my yard. I have not made up my mind yet on the best solution so for now I will continue to remove their nests and chase them off.
Thanks! Donnie Jones ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
