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    House Sparrow control

    For the blue jays I put out whole peanuts in the shell in a separate tray. It is their absolute favorite food and neither the sparrows nor the starlings will touch them. For the WP's, an upside down suet feeder will allow them to feed and will exclude the starlings. Although house sparrows...
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    House Sparrow control

    That's great that your halo is working! Mine worked like a charm for about a month - not one sparrow on the feeder. Then, as the cold weather set in, along with plenty of time to get used to the halo, the females and juveniles decided that it was worth it to be brave than otherwise die out in...
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    Chickadee ONLY feeder

    You read my mind! Last night I trimmed the perches back to 1", and now NO house sparrows can eat from the feeder!! The goldfinches are using it just fine, although I am finding that less goldfinches come to the upside down nyjer feeder than the right side up BOSS feeder. Also I worry about...
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    Chickadee ONLY feeder

    Well, it didn't take long for the house sparrows to figure out the upside down thistle feeder. Once one sparrow figured it out, the others just copied it. They sure are clumsy at it, but they are using it. And all their clumsiness and flapping around at the feeder has scared off the...
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    Chickadee ONLY feeder

    Interesting Guzano, it is definitely the cold weather and they are getting desperate. That little globe feeder you have, how did you add the fishing line to it? Also, what kind of suet are you feeding?
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    Chickadee ONLY feeder

    Well, the fishing line did a great job repelling the house sparrows for a few weeks. However, the females and juveniles have gotten used to the lines and now only the males are still repelled (why that is, I don't know). I took down the BOSS feeder and I'm going to stick with the upside down...
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    Birding Info for Las Vegas (US) 6th - 16th Nov 2007

    I have been to Zion National Park and Bryce canyon which are within a couple of hours from Vegas I believe. I was able to easily spot many birds species that were lifers for me such as mountain chickadee, pygmy nuthatch, common raven, steller's jay, american dipper, western bluebird, violet...
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    raptor in Northern NJ

    Now I'm thinking Goshawk. Just took a look at the Sibley book and it says that the barring on the tail is light, and the wings are "rather pointed". The drawing in the book matches exactly what I saw! Unfortunately, the bird did not come around today. I put fishing line around my feeder to...
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    Chickadee ONLY feeder

    I just tried it too, I added the fishing line to the weather dome on top of the tube feeder and the sparrows have been backing away from it all day. My fingers are crossed that it continues to work, since so far they have foiled all of my plans...
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    raptor in Northern NJ

    My first thought was that it was a Harrier, but I looked out for the white rump and I didn't see it. In the pictures I'm seeing of Goshawks, the wings do look a bit more rounded than what I saw, and there was no obvious black barring on the tail. The tail bars are the first think I notice on...
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    Where are the Birds?

    I'm experiencing the same thing over here in the US. Barely a sight of chickadees or goldfinches, just house sparrows and a few migrants. I hope they will come back when it starts getting colder. : )
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    mute swan neighbors

    I live in New Jersey across from a small lake and lately we've had 2 mute swans and one first year offspring taking up residence. They are there more days than not. I've read that mute swans can be pretty territorial. Is there a chance that these swans will keep the usual migrating waterfowl...
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    Cooper's Hawk

    I'm still seeing Cooper's hawks on a regular basis since I started this thread. Juvies and adults. I really hope at least 1 or 2 sticks around for the winter, although I think the birds at my feeder are going to die of heart attacks soon!
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    raptor in Northern NJ

    Hello all. I was unfortunately not able to get a picture, but I can describe the details as I remember them. A hawk came circling near my bird feeder in Northern New Jersey this afternoon. I live in a suburb in a highland area with fragemented woods. The back was a uniform slate gray, and the...
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    Chickadee ONLY feeder

    Seems like the Hosps love the sunflower hearts even more than the seed in the shell, to the point they are leaving the suet alone for the first time. I got fed up and took down the tube feeder altgother, leaving up only the nyjer feeder. Within minutes, they were feeding from the nyjer feeder...
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