I'm trying a different approach this spring to discourage and run off the dreaded house sparrows...
Instead of stuffing the hole with a plastic bag, as I've done in the past, I opted to cover the entire bird house with the plastic bag. This allows me to tie the bag nice and snug. Stuffing the bag in the hole works too but the sparrows pull and tug on it trying to get in and often times pulled it out but NO more with this approach. Also, they don't seem to know what it is or like the bag and therefore they're no longer perching on the roof and hanging around. This seems to have chased them off, HORRAY!
The sparrow claiming these two bird houses as their own end up chasing off the Bluebirds. Yes, now no birds can take up residence in them today but I will remove the bags in a couple weeks and monitor to see who comes poking around. Fingers crossed it'll be the Bluebirds. The Bluebird is one of my favorite birds, hands down - there is NO comparison. Sparrows on the other hand, well I despise them and would prefer they NOT be here at all and the last thing I want is them nesting in these boxes and raising more.
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