Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
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Re: Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
#2I thought it was interesting that it’s apparently a mystery why hanging lines deters sparrows (see the papers linked at the end of the first paragraph).
Re: Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
#3Why would you want to deter them? What’s the problem with them vs other small birds?
Re: Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
#4Why would you want to deter them? What’s the problem with them vs other small birds?
In the product description:
- Resist feeding non-native invasive HOSP to encourage native species
Re: Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
#5Why would you want to deter them? What’s the problem with them vs other small birds?
House Sparrows are invasive in the United States and they are very aggressive. They destroy the nests of native birds to eliminate competition.
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#6Why would you want to deter them? What’s the problem with them vs other small birds?
House Sparrows are invasive in the United States and they are very aggressive. They destroy the nests of native birds to eliminate competition.
Thanks for the context - with House Sparrows being resident in Eurasia, I didn't understand the motivation for this either
Re: Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
#7As far as this actually does anything, the birds will surely learn to ignore it / navigate around it. That is why house sparrows are so widespread in the first place, they have adapted to all the stupid things we humans do.
Re: Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
#8As far as this actually does anything, the birds will surely learn to ignore it / navigate around it. That is why house sparrows are so widespread in the first place, they have adapted to all the stupid things we humans do.
> ”the birds will surely learn to ignore it”
Why so sure? Did you read the papers and have any reasoning to why they will adapt?
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#9Why would you want to deter them? What’s the problem with them vs other small birds?
House Sparrows are invasive in the United States and they are very aggressive. They destroy the nests of native birds to eliminate competition.
We have bluebird houses and can confirm. One box full of pecked-to-death bluebirds with house sparrow eggs on top of them is quite enough. I call the males "bearded bastards."
Re: Deter House Sparrows from your hanging feeder with a Magic Halo (2017)
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
House Sparrows are invasive in the United States and they are very aggressive. They destroy the nests of native birds to eliminate competition.
Thanks for the context - with House Sparrows being resident in Eurasia, I didn't understand the motivation for this either
Many birds commonly seen in the US are non-native, and reduce native bird populations significantly.