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  1. 20th December 2016, 08:32 AM #1
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    Default How to get rid of Sparrows?

    We have a flock of Sparrows that hang around here. I don't know if I've only just started noticing it, but there seems to be one in particular that is constantly and urgently chirrup-chirrup-chirrup-chirrup with no gaps for minutes on end. It's pretty loud and local, and is starting to drive me nuts. I've been sending a jet of water at it, and now it shuts up as soon as it sees me, but there are too many locations for it, and quite frankly getting out the hose all the time is a hassle.

    I did a search, and there are plenty of suggested solutions, from special tape (but i can't possibly put it on the areas needed - next door house e.g.), ultra-sonic emitters, owl replicas, and so on.

    I wonder about these things repelling all bird life though - surely they must? We get quite a few birds here, and I don't wish to see them go. The ultra-sonic machines all say "gets rid of Sparrows" but don't say how they affect other birds or not.
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  3. 20th December 2016, 10:02 AM #2
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    Get Nursie on the job .
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    Lizzie actually got one a few years back. Unfortunately Nursie is a bit daft for hunting....
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    A couple of rubber snakes from a toy shop might do the trick.

    Maybe download the cry of an eagle / hawk etc and play it through an MP3 player.

    I'm full of suggestions, they don't have to work, but they are fun to come up with!

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    I know what used to happen in the old days but you're not allowed to do that anymore.

    Just be aware that they like to nest in your roof areas and they do have lice.
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    When we were kids in Brisbane, you'd get 2cent a head and an air rifle made it easy money.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by crowie View Post
    .... an air rifle made it easy money.....
    Yairs. It has crossed my mind. I reckon it's one or two individuals that are making the constant noise.
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    Toy snakes, life size and textured. just move them around every few days.
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    Well the problem seems to be lessening. My shaking of the tree and hosing seems to be paying off. He goes silent as soon as I come out Even when he is on next door roof if I shake the tree he buzzes orf.

    Maybe it's a breeding thing, but I would have thought that would be much earlier in the year. Maybe not.
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    Bunnings sell a variety of owls for that purpose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bohdan View Post
    Bunnings sell a variety of owls for that purpose.
    I bought a bunnings owl which the label said was "guaranteed to scare all birds" or similar wording.

    I got it because I had a pee-wee perching on the railing around the deck and crashing itself into its own reflection in the dining room window.

    I set the owl up on the railing where the pee-wee sat to take off and walked off feeling a sense of a job well done - until I heard the pee-we crash into the window again. Now the bird was launching itself at the window from a new vantage point - on top of the owl's head.

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    From experience the owls and snakes don't work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by doug3030 View Post
    I bought a bunnings owl which the label said was "guaranteed to scare all birds" or similar wording.

    I got it because I had a pee-wee perching on the railing around the deck and crashing itself into its own reflection in the dining room window.

    I set the owl up on the railing where the pee-wee sat to take off and walked off feeling a sense of a job well done - until I heard the pee-we crash into the window again. Now the bird was launching itself at the window from a new vantage point - on top of the owl's head.

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    I've been told that CD's tied to fishing line and hung up similar to a wind chime work. I have not tried it myself though.
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    We tried the CD thing at the native plant nursery but the parrots ignored them and the owl thing was a fail except that they made an elevated perch.
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