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Roger. Sometime your local Wild Birds Unlimited have those traps. Or…Amazon sells them for about $10 more than the owners do but sometimes you can get next day shipping if you have Amazon Prime. I use my Mom’s account when I’m desperate.
Tammy
Thank you Tammy. I am considering waiting until the repeating trap arrives to install the Van Ert trap so I can use this pair of HOSP as the first decoys. Is that a good idea or should I trap and evict them sooner rather than later?
I think that is wise. The HOSP will probably have eggs by then.
The only downside to that is that you’ll have to tear out half of the nesting material to make it so the Trap works. And then the house sparrows are a little skittish but they are totally committed to that Nest box with eggs in it so it should be fine.Tammy
I have the Van Ert and RBT out now. Is there anyone I can talk to via email about HOSP? Or if messaging is available on this forum, we can use that, I just don’t see any option for it on the site. Thanks.
Trying again. Is there anyone I can talk to via email about HOSP? Or if messaging is available on this forum, we can use that, I just don’t see any option/button for it on the site. Thanks.
Great news! Male and female bluebird couple have moved in and built a 4.5 inch deep nest out of pine needles and dry grass. No eggs yet.
Still looking to talk to someone about HOSP. Is there anyone I can talk to via email about HOSP? Or if messaging is available on this forum, we can use that, I just don’t see any option/button for it on the site. Thanks.
2 eggs in the nest today! I think I missed one yesterday due to it being at the very bottom of the cup.
Still looking to talk to someone about HOSP. Is there anyone I can talk to via email about HOSP? Or if messaging is available on this forum, we can use that, I just don’t see any option/button for it on the site. Thanks.
House Sparrows = Bad
Elimination of House Sparrows = GoodI would be very glad to talk to you about the elimination of house sparrows.
David
Stafford, VAThank you, David, but I have solved my HOSP issues for now. I will be in touch if any more issues arise.
3 eggs today! Excited for this couple of bluebirds. The eggs are a little shiny. Fingers crossed for all of them.
The Van Ert Traps are great! I can’t say enough about them. Every Spring I use mine to trap house sparrows that try to take over the nest box. Once I get rid of the house sparrows the bluebirds move right in.
Dana in PA
5 eggs today on nest check! I directly saw the female leave the box so I knew it was safe to peek.
Fingers crossed for them.
I have found some sad and confounding but interesting behavior.
There is an egg, likely cracked on its bottom, sitting on the roof of my nest box. Both the male and female were perched on the roof. The reason I think it’s cracked on the bottom is because it’s stationary on the roof which is very much slanted so an egg would easily roll off.
Thoughts anyone? Perhaps a bad egg that is being discarded by the couple?
I have some pictures and will work on eventually posting pictures here.
No ideas. It is all new to me this summer.
I’m wondering, however. I gather bluebirds might remove an unviable egg; but in my case, when I had five eggs and only two hatched, the pair did not remove the unviable eggs. But, thinking out loud, if one of the pair moved an egg, how would they do it? Would the bird be able to get it out through the opening and then fly off with it, directly? Or would they need to push it out the opening, let it fall to the ground, and then drop to the ground and grab it and then fly off with it? I just don’t know. But in my imagination I can’t see an egg on top of the box. Perhaps another bird left it there? Perhaps that egg didn’t even come from that box?
- Ira / Coastal NW Florida
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