Trapping house sparrows

I have an efficient way to trap house sparrows year round for the benefit of my nesting blue birds, tree swallows and purple martins.

[@BackyardBirdsUS]

Okay. This is awesome. Smart to keep some alive at all times. Although I have no shed. You are a master trapper. I've trapped out most of my sparrows. Going to put bread out for them.

[@crzrck]

its important to keep some house sparrows alive..I feed them millet, give them grit once a month..

[@uhill74]

@@crzrck i canjot seem to get them to go in mine. I set it up on my shed.

[@crzrck]

@@uhill74 it is extremely difficult to get the very first one in there. I have several Nest box traps up all year round. The moment I catch one house sparrow in them they go in the Trap. It only takes one it's just a matter of time. There are times where I've had them all die and I don't have anything in there. What I will do is take that wire trap that closes on top and I take it to a friend's house where the house sparrows are everywhere. I throw a piece of bread in there and I get one by the end of the day. I have pretty much cleared out my neighborhood of these pests

[@uhill74]

Thank you for your service! I am having no luck catching them this year.

[@BackyardBirdsUS]

Good idea about the bread. I will try it.

[@crzrck]

The only issue with bread,, the squirrels will remove it as will Grackles..Once you have a few live ones they will come to investigate..So it will still trap them with no bait..

[@crzna7813]

where did you get and/or what is the name of the door clips u use ? thank you

[@BackyardBirdsUS]

I subscribed to your channel.

[@crzrck]

thank you,,, its gets weird at times but I hope you enjoy it

[@thomasquenzer9425]

Nice presentation.

[@forensicdarling]

awe

[@BackyardBirdsUS]

I just put out a bunch of bread yesterday to see if I can get some sparrows to eat it. I only have about five to seven of them then I'm seeing. Used to have about 20 or 30

[@crzrck]

I use to use that method to kill as many as possible by shooting them..When it gets to a point where the bread doesnt get eaten..You have done an excellent job.

[@BackyardBirdsUS]

Thanks. I definitely saw a decline from year to year since I started trapping. But I'm actually surprised I don't have more. There are lots of purple martin houses around that I'm sure provide nesting for them.

[@BackyardBirdsUS]

I'm curious why you think you get a 500 sparrows in year. Is there a farm nearby where they're breeding

[@crzrck]

i kept track of how many I caught for over a year and graphed it out..It followed a typical bell curve that showed a typical catch ratio per month.... House sparrows are omnipresent in typical human habitations.Look at the House sparrow population as water in a pond and your property is a boat with a hole on the bottom....You can only plug the hole so well to stop the flow of water into the boat...House sparrows like urban and semi urban environments.They do not travel more than 5 miles from where they are born.They do not like to traverse thru forests or over large bodies of water.They stick close to human dwellings and human food sources...They are easier to control if you live outside of a typical human habitation situation.. BUT they are always trickling in like water in a leaky boat..

[@uhill74]

Yeah every damned house on the block is breeding them. Ignorant people buying birdhouses.

[@zeamays]

I'm curious, do you really still have lots of house sparrows? I never see them anymore, and when I ask other people if they have, they say something like "yeah, now that you mention it, I haven't seen a house sparrow for a long time either, and I used to see dozens every day". My observations are from Seattle and central Minnesota.

[@crzrck]

Depending on the environment the house numbers will fluctuate. I have a steady stream of them pouring in at different times of the year. This time of year they start to come in and Roost in nearby pine trees. House sparrows like to roost near a food source. So if you're feeding Birds it's highly likely that they're going to move in during the winter. I don't mind this because I prefer to lure them in and shoot as many of them as I can during the winter. When spring comes they disperse looking for nesting sites and the first things that fill up at my place are all the nest box traps that starts in about February

[@potatospets1608]

Please realise them though.

[@crzrck]

What's the point of releasing them? I don't like that bluebirds I don't like dead tree swallows I've had enough of that nonsense. In case you did not know how sparrows will kill them on the nest and build their nest over there rotting bodies. You don't understand that. And that's fine but I'm not going to tolerate that if you don't mind picking up Dad bluebirds dead baby Bluebirds dead tree swallows and their young fine but not me.

[@potatospets1608]

crzrck Even if they kill the nests,say that to the cuckoos and the crows man,it’s the circle of life.

[@potatospets1608]

*ITS THE CIRCLE OF LIFFFFEEEE*

[@potatospets1608]

crzrck how would you feel if you were a swallow either way.

[@crzrck]

@@potatospets1608 house sparrows are not native to North America. None of the cavity nesters here co-evolved with them and they have no defense against them. I am not willing to let an invasive species destroy our native species of birds. I assume you live in a part of the world are house sparrows are native good for you but they're not native here this way it's legal to kill them and kill as many of them as possible and that's exactly what I do and there's nothing you can do to stop it and there's nothing you can say to stop me so why don't you go on your Merry way and be sad somewhere else

[@sting1111]

I only disliked because your video is shot through a keyhole. The subject matter is good.

[@zarys_.nailzz5939]

1. Its illegal to take or trap birds. 2. You can go to jail or get a fine of 15,000$

[@crzrck]

It is not illegal in North America trap invasive species of animals. House sparrows Starlings and the common Rock Dove are not protected species in this country. Too bad I don't show any videos of me shooting them

[@crzrck]

Maybe you should know the law before you make comments about something you know nothing about

[@zarys_.nailzz5939]

@@crzrck first of all its illegal to take or trap a bird. U can also go to jail and get a fine of 15,000. Get ur facts straight 👴

[@crzrck]

@@zarys_.nailzz5939 . yea well your facts are wrong in the united states 3 species of birds are not protected by the Migratory bird treaty ..House sparrows, Starlings and pigeons.all 3 species are legal to trap and shoot.... Call you local Conservation police... They will laugh at you...It you want i can give you the number of mine..He can laugh at you too..

[@uhill74]

No it is a service to humanity to trap invasive species. You are speaking from ignorance and part of the problem.