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DIY Cardboard Sparrow Trap for US Conservation (invasive bird in the US)

Rather than sacrificing one of your good nest boxes to use as a decoy/trap box for old world sparrows such as house sparrows, you can make an easy one from a cardboard box. In this, very unpolished tutorial, I use an old Amazon box. It's not very big. Tools you'll need: 1. small sized box 2. tape 3. an Awl. A screw driver might work. 4. Pen or marker or pencil. 5. String. 6. 2 screws. 7. 4-6 rubber bands 8. A Van Ert trap - you can buy these from www.vanertraps.com When using rubber bands to hold the box shut, make sure to adjust and tweak the box flaps so there isn't an opening the sparrow can get through. This trap has worked for me in catching a sparrow. Just hang it up in an area sparrows tend to congregate. **Why do we trap sparrows in the US?** Bird lovers and nest box monitors do not trap or dispatch all sparrows. They will not trap native sparrows. However old world sparrows such as the house sparrow is not protected in the US. They are an invasive species. They outcompete native cavity nesters. And sadly, house sparrows (as well as starlings) will kill native birds in their boxes. To many nest box monitors and landlords have checked on their nests only to find a brooding mother bird pecked to death by a house sparrow. Those who monitor Northern Flickers have found starlings kill these lovely woodpeckers. It is not easy on the heart to trap and dispatch these invasive species. Sometimes, it takes seeing one dead baby and watching a nest get harassed to flip the switch. At the very least, be careful what you feed your birds. Certain foods attract these birds. Also, an unmonitored nest box is worse than having no next box at all. Allowing old world sparrows such as house sparrows and Eurasian tree sparrows to reproduce creates an awful conservation issue and has led to the decline of native bluebirds and chickadees. More info at: www.nesthollow.com