Trapping Non-native Invasives Using VanErt Trap

[Credit Saif Tahsin for providing this video]
When hosting North American native, cavity-nesting birds, it's important to also remove & eliminate the non-native English House Sparrow (HOSP). The HOSP will kill native, cavity-nesting birds such as Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and the young of Purple Martins and other North American species.
Note: it is legal in the USA to eliminate this species using humane methods.
Read more about the impact of these non-native species on our Native cavity nesting birds here: www.reconnectwithnature.org/n...
Link to the Van Ert website: vanerttraps.com/

[@theorangeheadedfella]

good work, invasive species do a lot of damage to ecosystems

[@gustafedstrand90]

who here considers humans invasive?

[@notstarved4634]

everyone should, but that doesnt mean we also dont eradicate invasive animals. we introduced sparrows to be invasive, and we can undo it as well. Cats are also invasive, hence why its a responsible thing to keep them inside, and to not feed feral cats.

[@gorillapermacuture]

Humans are the aliens, half breeds at least. Bring on the Flood!

[@purplemartinfanatics6600]

The English House Sparrow and European Starling are both non-native species in the United States. Exactly like the python in the Everglades.
If left to proliferate, they would eliminate all our native cavity-nesting birds. They almost decimated our bluebird population in the late 20th century.
Read more here: www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/bluebirds-saved-from-extinction/
and here: nestwatch.org/learn/all-about-birdhouses/managing-house-sparrows-and-european-starlings/