Archive for 'house sparrow'
Millet = House Sparrows
House Sparrows like millet from the wildbird seed mixes we put out. They also like donuts, bread etc. Try simply using Black Oil Sunflower Seeds and Thistle/Nyjer and see what happens. We are trying it here but we made the mistake of leaving out donuts for the chickadees (because we read that chickadees love them [...]
Posted: May 8th, 2009 under Pest Birds, house sparrow, pests.
Tags: House sparrows, how to get rid of house sparrows, no more house sparrows
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To kill or not to kill
That may NOT be the question. The question may be how to kill pest birds (house sparrows, starlings etc.). We have been infested with these pesty birds and so we thought we would start to research viable solutions to our new Sparrow/Starling problem. We came across many sources of information on how to rid your [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2009 under Bird Feeder, Bird Feeders, European Starling, Pest Birds, Starling, bird, bully birds, house sparrow, pests.
Tags: bully birds, European Starlings, House sparrows, killing birds, killing european starlings, killing house sparrows, killing starlings, problem with bully birds, problem with pest birds, problems with house sparrows, problems with starlings
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Weekend Birdies…
Our birdy feeders have been seemingly sparse lately, or so we thought but then we realized we have attracted bully birds to our porch. The crows have always been a welcome bird. For the most part they do not harm or disturb the other little birds. We began feeding them and then branched out to [...]
Posted: May 5th, 2009 under Backyard Feeder, Bird Feeder, Bird Feeders, Black Capped Chickadee, Carduelis pinus, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, English sparrow, Europe, European Starling, Feeding, Junco hyemalis, Passer domesticus, Picoides pubescens, Pine Siskin, Pine Siskin (Female), Poecile atricapillus, Poecile rufescens, Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, backyard birding, feeders, house sparrow, pests.
Tags: backyard birds, Bird Feeder, bird pictures, Black Capped Chickadee, Carduelis pinus, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, Darkeyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, European Starling, European Starlings, feeders, female duck, house sparrow, House sparrows, Junco hyemalis, male downy woodpecker, Passer domesticus, photographs, Picoides pubescens, pictures of the black-capped chickadee, pictures of the chestnut-backed chickadee, pictures of the downy woodpecker, pictures of the european starling, pictures of the house sparrow, pictures of the pine siskin, Poecile atricapillus, Poecile rufescens, Sturnus vulgaris, Zonotrichia leucophrys
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The Great Sparrow Campaign
Sparrows are often thought of as pests the world over. The following story both exemplifies and questions this view of the sparrows. During China’s Great Leap Forward China found itself with an ever-increasing population but lacking the food to feed all its people. Desperate to keep every grain for his people, Mao examined the various [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under China, Great Leap Forward, Great Sparrow Campaign, History, Kill a Sparrow Campaign, Tree sparrow, house sparrow, pests.
Tags: bird trivia, birds and history, China and Tree Sparrows, China's Great Leap Forward, Great Leap Forward, Great Sparrow Campaign, House sparrows, House Sparrows and China, House Sparrows and Mao, Kill a Sparrow Campaign, Mao, Mao and birds, Mao Zedong, tree sparrows
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Fastest bird, slowest bird
The Peregrine falcon is NOT the fastest bird in the world. Some believe the fastest bird is the Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus, which supposedly flies between 124 – 175 mph. They actually fly around at about 40 to 60 mph (64 to 100 km/h) but are reported to be capable of reaching 175 mph (282 km/h) [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under American woodcock, Eurasian Woodcock, Hirundapus caudacutus, Mergus serrator, Needle-tailed Swift, Passer domesticus, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Scolopax minor, Scolopax rusticola, Spine-tailed Swift, White-throated Needletail, courtship displays, falco peregrinus, fastest bird in the world, fastest living creature, house sparrow, mating, mph, predatory, shorebirds, slowest bird in the world, waterfowl.
Tags: American woodcock, courtship, display, Eurasian Woodcock, falco peregrinus, fast bird, fastest birds, fastest birds in the world, Hirundapus caudacutus, house sparrow, India, mating, Mergus serrator, Needle-tailed Swift, Passer domesticus, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Scolopax minor, Scolopax rusticola, slow bird, slowest bird, slowest bird in the world, slowest birds, Spine-tailed Swift, White-throated Needletail
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Bye, Bye Birdie
After doing research yesterday on the House Sparrows, I have decided I do not like them anymore. They are bad for local birds and I do not want them at the feeders. So, I read online a way to try to deter them. I got rid of the seed I bought which had millet and [...]
Posted: March 21st, 2009 under Old World Sparrows, Passer domesticus, house sparrow, introduced species.
Tags: house sparrow, introduced species, Old World Sparrow, Passer domesticus, pest
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
The House Sparrow or Passer domesticus is the only Old World Sparrow (meaning it was brought over by Europe — the old world…) we have in Washington State and they come in abundance to my porch. They are also known as English Sparrow because they were brought over to Central Park in the 1850′s in [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2009 under Birds, Birds of Prey, Central Park, Common, English sparrow, Old World Sparrows, Passer domesticus, birdie, house sparrow, introduced species, predatory, shakespeare, sparrow.
Tags: 1850's, 1870's, Birds, Central Park, Common, common bird, English sparrow, house sparrow, introduced species, Old World Sparrow, Passer domesticus, predatory, shakespeare, sparrow, Washington State
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