journey11
Garden Master
Any birdwatchers here?
I am having the worst time with a flock of 20 or so common house sparrows mobbing my feeders. They fight and carry on, rocking the feeder and spilling most of the seed. I am constantly refilling it. And they are scaring off some of the more timid feathered friends. The downy and red-bellied woodpeckers won't come around anymore, nor the chickadees, mourning doves, juncos or gold and house finches. I still get an occasional tufted titmouse and a pair of cardinals, but they don't hang around long, darting in quickly before the sparrows come back.
I know these little guys are hungry too, but they are so destructive and there's so many of them. Is there any way to run them off? I am wondering if I put my feeders out too soon...if that had anything to do with it, because there was only one pair of them last year.
I am having the worst time with a flock of 20 or so common house sparrows mobbing my feeders. They fight and carry on, rocking the feeder and spilling most of the seed. I am constantly refilling it. And they are scaring off some of the more timid feathered friends. The downy and red-bellied woodpeckers won't come around anymore, nor the chickadees, mourning doves, juncos or gold and house finches. I still get an occasional tufted titmouse and a pair of cardinals, but they don't hang around long, darting in quickly before the sparrows come back.
I know these little guys are hungry too, but they are so destructive and there's so many of them. Is there any way to run them off? I am wondering if I put my feeders out too soon...if that had anything to do with it, because there was only one pair of them last year.