{"id":940,"date":"2010-07-05T17:35:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T23:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=940"},"modified":"2018-11-11T22:58:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T22:58:59","slug":"sparrow-trap-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/05\/sparrow-trap-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparrow Trap -revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 15th I wrote about getting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparrowtrap.net\/\">Sparrow Trap <\/a>to reduce the <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">population<\/strong> of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparrowtrap.net\/why_trap_sparrows.htm\">HOSP<\/a>&#8221; (bad birds) , since they were chasing off all the &#8220;desired&#8221; <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">birds<\/strong> in my small area. I can say the trap is a success&#8230; I have not kept count of the &#8220;HOSP&#8221; we have eliminated but it is considerable and the effect is that we now have two pair of Blue Birds feeding young:<br \/>Parent on house and ready to check young&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/blue-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"blue-1\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blue-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/blue-1_thumb.jpg?resize=343%2C533\" width=\"343\" height=\"533\"><\/a><br \/>Just checking in&#8230;.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Appears ok from here??? &#8220;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/blue-4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"blue-4\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blue-4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/blue-4_thumb.jpg?resize=319%2C624\" width=\"319\" height=\"624\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and several sets of <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">Purple Martins<\/strong> with a good <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">population<\/strong> increase. <br \/>&#8220;Coming in and in the far tree and on the other side&#8230; we are everywhere&#8230;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PM-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"PM-1\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"PM-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PM-1_thumb.jpg?resize=400%2C452\" width=\"400\" height=\"452\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">Purple Martins<\/strong> are not as afraid of my approach, and they are sure doing a <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">good job<\/strong> making &#8220;fly-overs&#8221; of the house and yard&#8230; I just hope they are using up more than their weight in bugs as we have <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">plenty<\/strong> they need to &#8220;eliminate&#8221;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I have sat and watched for many hours this weekend, since it was cooler and I could set outside more, the antics of flight from the Purple Martins&#8230; as well as our back <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">yard<\/strong> Humming <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">birds<\/strong> (no pics they are not as easy to catch)&#8230; This has been well worth the investment in the trap&#8230; <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">JMHO<\/strong> (Just my Humble Opinion)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 15th I wrote about getting a Sparrow Trap to reduce the population of &#8220;HOSP&#8221; (bad birds) , since they were chasing off all the &#8220;desired&#8221; birds in my small area. 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