Repeating Sparrow Trap - 1-Month Update + A Surprise!
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2020
- In this video, we provide a 1-month update for the repeating sparrow trap we purchased to deal with common house sparrows (English Sparrows).
This was the action we took after losing several blue birds and purple martins to pesky house sparrows.
Within 24 hours after setting up the trap, we caught five sparrows in the trap. Now, after one month, we have caught 27 female sparrows, 17 male sparrows, and 5 starlings. In addition, we have also caught several native birds which we quickly released, plus A PARAKEET!
We are keeping the parakeet! Ha Ha!
This trap was purchased at SparrowTraps.net. - Навчання та стиль
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I've had my trap for 1 month. Twist tie the trap entrance so it stays in the upright position for 1 week. It's very IMPORTANT that you keep the trap baited at all times. After a week the sparrows won't be trap shy.
When I removed the zip tie, I caught 51 sparrows in a single day!
Make sure you dispatch the birds once you get about 10 to 15 sparrows in the trap.
It's less effective when the trap is overcrowded.
ALWAYS leave 1 female in the trap when you take the trap back outside.
Now I leave the twist tie on the trap Monday thru Thursday and constantly keep it baited. Every Friday morning, the twist tie is removed. Its incredible how effective this method is.
Hey man I caught a female sparrows yesterday and these are some good tips but what do I twist tie the entrance with?
@@jmc8973 Just about anything will work -- string, zip-ties, thin wire, etc.
@@cw6136 done friend thanks caught two house sparrows for two consecutive days. Only females so far
You are so kind for catching and taking care of the parakeet. It will save his life!
Many years ago, my mom swears a parakeet visited her bird feeders here in Michigan.
As you can see, she may have been correct about that. ;-)
Thank you Jinginny,
Our solution was my making a small block of 1 x trimmed to the exact shape of the entry to the elevator. Apparently the birds eye view of that obstruction caused all birds to shy away. Your idea has much merit as it keeps a larger bodied avian from entering, but is not a visual block to a sparrow. I love your parakeet story. Poor little thing. I am glad you were able to effect a rescue and a beautiful sanctuary for the little one.
We have wild Parakeet here in Chile. Neat that you caught the bird. Jim in Chile.... Also thanks for donating the inverter to Bobby!
Thank you for the update, it was obvious that the trap was destined for... great things!
Thinking the same thing..
I've had this trap for 2 +years. Only bring out when my neighbors feeder starts attracting way to many sparrows. I have caught a chipmunk recently and a Hawk visiting my trap.
Your a good man, Jim. You made Bobby's day 👍
Catching a budgie would have been very surprising!
Aussie Budgie you caught there.
If you only want sparrow you have to stop using bird seed and change to bread. The wild birds will not go after the bread.
Thats an Australian Budgerigar.
What is the best bait to use. Pop corn,bread,milet,milo?
Budgerigar. Native to my country. They are annoying as pets but very good as food! Australians have eaten them for thousands of years.
We have a repeating trap and it works very well. The problem is... we are catching everything but HOSP! Do you find it is best to place the trap on the ground or on a platform?
When you catch one, leave it in the trap as a bait bird. We keep one male and one female in the box. Just remember to feed and water them. We also keep a pringles or tennis ball can I there for shelter. To keep large birds like doves and starlings out, place a couple tall upright screws as a gate so only smaller birds can go in. Good luck!
I bought this trap after watching your video because house sparrows have been stealing my chicken feed and driving away native birds from my garden. On the first day I caught and culled 11, and the following morning the goldfinches had returned to my garden (I plant things just for them) -on day two I saw no sparrows in the morning when I checked on the chickens and came home to three more in the trap. It’s super effective and a total game changer
I’m glad to hear that is working so well for you. Over time, you will see a significant reduction in the sparrow population and a nice return of the native and song birds. Be sure that you can identify the birds you catch before dispatching them. You don’t want to get rid of any of the good birds too. We release anything with a speckled breast and closely examine all other birds we catch. Best wishes!
Will it work for starlings?
We bought this same sparrow trap several months ago. At first we caught some house sparrows. I think we have caught somewhere in the vicinity of 35 house sparrows, but it has been problematic. We have also caught some larger birds like curved beak thrshers and a blue jay or two. The worst of it has been catching mature Gambel's quail. They get greedy and get stuck in the elevator down with no escape and then we have to fish them out. I tyried using a restricting one and a half inch hole to exclude them , but then no one used it. So we will be looking elsewhere.
We had a similar problem with doves entering the trap. We were able to resolve that by installing two large screws (or nails) in front of the opening. Place them about an inch and a half apart and back about an inch from the elevator opening. This gives enough room for sparrows, but too narrow for the larger birds to enter the elevator area. I hope that works for you too!
I just purchased this trap, so I’m binge watching all the videos to get as much information as I can.. I have a whole bunch that have recently just taken over in my backyard. My bluebirds are still doing just fine but I’m so worried for them. My question is if I get a whole bunch trapped at one time do you need to take each bird out one by one with your hand or do you put a bag over the cage? I ordered mesh laundry bags I sought on another site or someone said that was helpful, any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.❤️
Yes. Unfortunately you will have to remove them one by one. I actually stopped using a pillow case and just started throwing them against a rock as I removed each one from the trap. Just throw hard enough to kill them quickly and humanely.
After catching quite a few, the sparrows "got wise" to this trap and can eat the bait without getting into the trap. I've had to go to Bird Barrier trap. Trying to get ready to put up a Purple Martin box.
So what do you do with the ones you catch ?
They are dispatched and then stored in the freezer. We provide them to a falconer friend who uses them for food and training for her birds.
Disgusting
I've had mine out for 6 months & have not caught anything. Any suggestions?
What are you using for bait?
We use cheap "wild bird seed" that contains millet. it attracts lots of birds. Also, have you watch the trap to determine if it's operating as it should? Once you catch one bird, leave it in the trap since other birds will be attracted by its movement.
Cracked corn. Ziptie the trap open for 1 week so they get used to grabbing the bait.
Popcorn and black sunflower seeds work well too. I didn't have any success until I zip tied the trap open for a week.
It's important that you keep the trap baited at all times while it's zip tied open. The birds need to become acclimated to trap.
I eliminated almost an entire flock in a single day after removing the zip tie
Thank you for these sparrow trap videos. I want to eliminate some euro sparrows that mob my feeders, and think i will try this trap!
I posted in a chicken Facebook group out of 100s of replies no one mentioned this! So thrilled
where did you buy this?
SparrowTraps.net
@@jimginnyohio Cannot find this site.
@@freedo64 It’s there. I just checked. SparrowTraps.net. (Not .com)
@@jimginnyohio thanks. Got it!
WOW so cool man. That is cool. Maybe he will be part of the fam. Thanks for sharing. God Bless..
I just found out about this kind of trap I have Purple Martins every year and it’s been challenging I noticed this co doesn’t have a phone number just wanted to make sure it is a good co Thanks
Yes. They are a good, reliable company.
@@jimginnyohio Thank you I appreciate it
@@jimginnyohiodo you know where they are located at?Thanks
@@carolesmith6738 They are located in Minnesota. If you reach out to them directly, I'm certain they will be happy to answer any questions you might have. Here is their email address: uncleblaine@sparrowtraps.net
@@jimginnyohio Thank you I ordered one yesterday and it will arrive tomorrow I hope it’s easy for me to put together maybe with my husbands help
It would be better if you listed the dimensions of this trap in the video description.
I can't think of any reason not to do that.
Most people are probably going to want to give the sparrows and starlings
"swimming lessons" and the easiest way to do that is by dropping the trap into
a retired tropical fish tank.
Hi Bill - I didn’t list the dimensions since this isn’t a trap I make or sell. Instead, I posted a link for where people can go to get one for themselves. By going there you can view the dimensions. Thanks for your suggestions. Also, I wouldn’t suggest submersing the trap in water since it is made out of wood. That would cause the wood to rot and the metal to rust.
Put the sparrow in an old sock. Wack the sock against your work bench. It doesn't have to be that hard. A light 'thud" is more than enough to humanly dispatch them.
WHERE DO I GET A TRAP LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T POST A LINK OR NOTHING
You must not have paid attention when you watched the video. I mentioned the name of the website within the first minute of the video. I also posted it within the video description below the video. SparrowTraps.net.
@@jimginnyohio OK THANKS
I won't be able to put on ground too many squirrels who'd chew in and to get out.
Bobby Paradise sent me.
That looks great!! How do you dispose of trapped sparrows? And what food do you attract them with?
For bait, we are using millet seed (wild bird seed) and popcorn. To dispose, we place them into a pillow case and give a couple good whacks into a tree to insure a quick dispatch. Then they get buried in our compost pile.
@@jimginnyohio Thank you for that info.
@@jimginnyohio does it matter if it is hulled or unhealed seed and should popcorn be popped?
Does it matter if it is hulled or unhulled seed? And should popcorn be popped?
@@dianafoster8445 I don't think it matters if hulled or not. Yes, the popcorn is popped. Please note that with the popcorn, you will probably capture starlings too!
I have sparrows killing bluebird juveniles. 😔
I Love This Trap I Want This Trap plz help me , I'm from Pakistan
You can order one at sparrowtraps.net.
You need to remove that mirror if you still have the Budgie. They cause severe psychological stress to parrots because they lack the ability to recoginize their own reflection. Also get some natural perches rather than only dowels, Or else it causes foot sores and eventually arthritis. He also needs a larger cage, More toys (the bells are dangerous btw). I also will assume he is on a seed diet, Just because it's very common for people to feed them that, But he needs pellets and fresh vegetable chop daily. Seed is too high fat for them and will cause obesity. Even if you avoid the obesity it will cause fatty liver disease which can kill your bird. For pellets he should be getting Harrison's, TOP's, Or Roudybush. Seed should only make up 10% of the daily diet and it's best used as a training/foraging treat. Also avoid feeding fruit any more than twice a week, Otherwise it's too much sugar and isn't good for their digestive system. It can also lead to hormonal imbalances which is stressful on the bird.
Too many sparrows
Hope you didn’t release the Cow bird there very invasive leading to the brink of extinction of some species
I hope you are not killing these little birds? Here in the UK we love to have them in our gardens. Anyone who kills these little things is a rsole.
So we are supposed to let them continue to kill our bluebirds, wrens, Purple Martins, etc.?? I think NOT!
You obviously know nothing about birds! They are native to YOUR area, but are an invasive species here in the U.S. where they were brought over from Europe by some "a rsole". YES, we kill them!
@@jimginnyohio Discourage people from feeding these birds in public areas.
Clean up any spilled grain or feed daily.
Make food and water sources as inaccessible as possible.
Block building openings such as lofts, vents, eaves, window sills, and steeples) with wood, metal, glass, masonry, wire mesh, plastic or nylon.
Change ledge angles to 45 degrees or more as this discourages roosting.
Place netting over ornamental architecture.
Screen the underside of rafters with netting or wire mesh screening.
Install a permanent mechanical bird repellent like bird spikes to help eliminate roosting.
@@phoebebrown2883You are the arsehole for presuming you can tell us anything like you did.
As they say in your contry, bugger off!
By the way, you have just given me the final nudge I needed to purchase the repeating trap. I can’t wait to get it and start ridding my yard of those filthy little murdering, gluttonous, invasive HOSPs.
then we can send them back to you?? lol
@@larrywilhelm8529 That would be fine by us.
We don’t go round slaughtering your grey squirrels that your ancestors brought over here. They have driven out our native red squirrels now we are stuck with them leave the sparrow’s alone nature will find a way to live together.
So, since you failed to take proper actions with the grey squirrels, you no longer have red squirrels!?
So you expect us to make the same mistake you 've made and let a foreign invasive species take over?
Just what sort of non-sense is that!?
Best to keep poor advice to yourself and let us sort things out properly on this side of the pond!
@@jimginnyohio and you carry on killing everything you don’t like as usual trap and kill your answer to everything 🤬
@@Theluckster52 You act as if I'm doing it for fun or out of spite!
I am doing this to save the native species in my area. Otherwise, the song birds and bug eating birds will become endangered. This will further create an imbalance in nature. Do some research before condemning!
Trapping sparrows, means killing them, these little birds have it tough enough without idiots trapping and the boastingcaboutvit - shame on you.
You obviously have absolutely no knowledge about this topic, so it would be best that you just stop trolling and insulting and educate yourself instead. These birds were brought to this country by bleeding heart people like you that thought it would be good to introduce the species to the U.S. What they did instead was to introduce an aggressive species that is killing the native birds. What we are doing by trapping and elimination is actually good to bring things back into the natural balance. Don’t believe me, go check with the Audubon Society before spouting off. Shame on YOU for insulting and blaming without having any knowledge about the subject! Also, there is no boasting going on here! Get a life!
I hate to admit it but you're right, housesparrows do have it tough. So shouldn't you be commending us for ending their suffering in a responsible and humane manner?
You do eat cheap market chicken, correct? If so, there's no small amount of hypocrisy at hand here.
where are you? In America yes WE KILL THE EUROPEAN sparrows,,they are taking our native birds lives,,,but In europe they are actually dissapearing ,,,,so PLEASE COME TO USA and take them back to Europe,,,,,Thank you!!!!
I think I understand why you are posting messages against
a ridiculous pseudonym instead of using your real name, genius.
If you had half a brain you'd be dangerous.
@@jimginnyohio Your a twat Jim, I'm a long standing member of the R S P B and they would beg to differ