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Thread: How to get rid of Sparrows?
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13th January 2017, 12:56 PM #31GOLD MEMBER
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I recall reading some years ago that the sparrow numbers were falling due to pollution affecting the eggs they laid. It was thought that the eggs had become very weak and broke easily during incubation. Didn't WA have a sparrow patrol that they used to control the birds spread into that state?
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13th January 2017, 10:58 PM #32GOLD MEMBER
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You might want to thread some home irrigation pipe through the bushes with a bunch of spray heads. Then when the noisy #^^&* starts up you just turn the hose on 'to water the plants'. He should get the hint that this nesting site is far too wet. And if it fails your plants still get watered as well as fertilized with sparrow poop.
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14th January 2017, 09:36 AM #33Try not to be late, but never be early.
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I think that continually harassing the little mongrel should eventually pay off. The problems we had with the parrots (28, Australian Ringneck, Port Lincoln Parrot) eating the lawn are starting to ease. We bought some cheap frisbees from K-mart and my wife kept some at the house and I some at the shed. Whenever we noticed a 28 on the lawn we'd chuck a frisbee and they'd be off. It has now got to the stage they know they're not welcome on the lawn and take off as soon as one of us comes on the scene. Just walking past a window is enough to make them take off where previously they didn't seem to recognise us behind the glass. Other parts of the garden where they don't get shooed away from you can walk past without them taking any notice, so they appear to be learning.
We're very lucky in WA to not have sparrows, having grown up with them in NZ I know what a pest they are.
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14th January 2017, 12:18 PM #34
I bought a Nerf disk shooter to discourage the magpies. That was fun
Those were the droids I was looking for.
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14th January 2017, 03:55 PM #35
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14th January 2017, 05:13 PM #36GOLD MEMBER
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A little off topic but dogs and magpies can sometimes be friends.....
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14th January 2017, 09:23 PM #37
Sorry guys, I can't resist. Go the mighty 'pies.
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And that's when the fight startedTo grow old is inevitable.... To grow up is optional
Confidence, the feeling you have before you fully understand the situation.
What could possibly go wrong.
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15th January 2017, 01:37 PM #38GOLD MEMBER
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15th January 2017, 03:46 PM #39
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15th January 2017, 08:14 PM #40
So the 'Pies are bloody Sparrows too?
Great.
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19th January 2017, 03:33 PM #41rrich Guest
In a bit of seriousness: Have you considered getting the girls on birth control?
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19th January 2017, 07:49 PM #42
Not a bad idea Rich.
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