Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 06:04:54 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: House Sparrows MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is a very effective trap called the "Gilbertson Trap" that = works inside the box to catch the sparrows. It will trap anything that = enters the box so it needs careful monitoring. I find it more effective = than the trio trap but it needs constant vigilance.=20 A quick side story- we have a new customer at the store that lived = in AA county. He had a Martin Colony and trapped the sparrows and = brought them to work and released them- here in Columbia! Now he has = moved here and has Bluebirds and is plagued by sparrows. Now he is = trapping the sparrows and killing them. I had sparrows peck the heads of my Chipping sparrow babies last = year and kill them. :(( =20 Bonnie Ott Ellicott city,Howard County Field trip chair bott@erols.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================