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If you have house sparrows around I wouldn’t wait. They’ll go in and remove the eggs. If you’re not seeing them you’ll probably be fine until all the eggs are laid. It’s a risk you have to decide if you want to take.But trust me, they will get used to the sparrow spooker.
Normally they will not go in a nest after they’ve laid an egg for the day. They don’t want to draw predators to the nest. They’ll go in the next morning to lay another egg. So if you see them not going in it doesn’t mean anything. The telltale sign will be if you have an egg the next day. Check in the afternoon.Tammy
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
BZ-W ….what happened? I’m dying to know. If she laid a second egg in the other box then move the lone egg to that nest.
Tammy
Yikes on your drive on the Mackinaw Bridge. I’m in the Toledo area. You might have driven not that far from my house.
Tammy
I didn’t even notice. Spell check often puts the wrong word in for me. Or I just forget to proofread what I wrote.
Tammy
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
I wish I lived nearby. I’d give you one of mine to use. Just let them build…even if you had the trap right now it might be good to let them build a little. Or figure out a homemade trap. Let me think about it. Do you have a second box up in your yard?
This is a homemade trap for a purple martin gourd. Can you figure out a way to do this for a nestbox and make it work? I think you’d have to pull it taut as soon as you pull itl It seems like it would slip down if you didn’t.
Tammy
Maybe it was Imgur.com that I was using because I do have an account. I just don’t use it enough to remember. But you can’t share videos that way, can you?
Tammy
You have to use a photo sharing app to add photos. I’m not sure how videos would work. There’s direction under “Posting Tips for The New Bluebird Nut Cafe” section. But photobucket doesn’t work anymore.
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A repeating trap is awesome too!! We can all give you ideas on using both of these. Put Van Ert sized screws in all your boxes when it comes. I think it only comes with one set of screws so you might need to buy extra for other boxes.
Tammy
I’m shocked but so glad for you! When I have a wren attack they do it until all the eggs are gone. So relieved for you!
Tammy
Wow…you are quite creative with those bird fountains. You have to plug those in somewhere though don’t you. (Can you tell I’m not mechanical? LOL)
I have less and less TRES (Tree Swallows) every year!Tammy
