[CT Birds] Hummingbirds and others, banding

[Jim Zipp]

Oops, read it too fast and thought it was the House Sparrows you had trouble with.

Jim
 

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----- Original Message ----
From: Kathy Van Der Aue <kvda at optonline.net>
To: Jim Zipp <jimzipp at sbcglobal.net>; ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:45:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Hummingbirds and others, banding

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Thanks, Jim.  I do have the metal guard portal on the house 
(originally put up to attract disinterested bluebirds.  The guard's hole is 
sized for chickadees but the wrens can also get in.  It does keep out the 
sparrows and other nest predators, thank goodness.
 
Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT
kvda at optonline.net
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From:   Jim 
  Zipp 
  To: Kathy Van Der Aue ; ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org   
  Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:28   AM
  Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Hummingbirds and   others, banding
  

  Kathy,   You might try putting a small "portal" sized for a chickadee that would   exclude most house sparrows and avert disaster.  They also keep the   woodpeckers from making the holes bigger as well.

Jim 
The Fat Robin Wild Bird and Nature Shop
3000 Whitney Ave.    Hamden, CT 06518
www.fatrobin.com
203-248-7068
Toll Free   U.S.  1-866-Fat-Robin  

Jim Zipp Bird   Photography   www.JimZipp.com  

  -----   Original Message ----
From: Kathy Van Der Aue   <kvda at optonline.net>
I have moved a nearby box to the other side of   the yard as a 
precaution against the house wrens who would kill the   nestlings if they were 
within the wren's territory (about 50 yds, I   believe).

Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT