Bluebird Battle Royale
Sparrows started their nest for the umpteenth time after it has repeatedly removed and discarded. Along came some bluebirds who wanted the sparrow's latest nest. A great battle ensued. Despite the two day long battle where the sparrows were outgunned and brought down out of the air and into the grass, they seem to have won the battle due to persistence. I'm keeping my eyes on the nest in hopes the bluebirds come back and try again or I might have to remove the nest again for the umpteenth plus one time.
You can make those videos bigger if you go into the html tab and insert new height and width numbers, but keep them proportional. Not that you need to because this works, but it is something that I discovered. I don't know why the native resolution is so small.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that tip. I doubled the size. Had I not been in a hurry when I recorded the event, I should have done so in landscape mode so I didn't end up with such a large black box around the actual video.
DeleteI put my videos on YouTube and then embed them. I also change the dimensions in the html. You can set them on YouTube so they're not public -- only viewable by someone with a link. Just a thought!
DeleteThanks for the tip Steve. I'm learning quite a bit today!
DeleteUp The Iowa Sparrows! Down With The Brooklyn Bluebirds! Sparrows! Sparrows One, Two, Three! They're the team that appeals to me!
ReplyDeleteWell they won the battle but lost the war. The bluebirds flew off and haven't returned and I have plucked another three or four of the sparrow nests out of the box and thrown them away.
DeletePoor birds! I can't help feeling sorry for their wasted efforts.
ReplyDeleteI’ve never seen small birds fight like that, only large hawks. They were pretty vicious.
DeleteWild Kingdom at Ed's! I'm guessing you want the bluebirds, so that's why you're thwarting the sparrows? We always got bluebirds when we put up martin houses. They all eat insects.
ReplyDeleteWe have a neighbor who has made raising bluebirds his hobby. He has put up over a dozen houses throughout the neighborhood. I’ve grown a fondness for them as a result.
DeleteGosh what an exciting post! Wanted to come over and see what advice our friend AC had given you. Nice to meet. Aloha
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DeleteI feel for both sides. We have doves that like to build nests and poop where they perch. They are so peaceful and terribly dumb so I feel bad when I shoot them with water. But I keep on because they are messy and leave bird mites that enter the house by the windows.
ReplyDeleteFortunately we don't have doves or problems with bird mites, but sparrows are fairly messy birds and also plentiful. Bluebirds are not as plentiful and much cleaner to have near your house.
DeleteIt seems that our bluebirds get one nest of birds before they are evicted by some other bird! Bluebirds are not great fighters.
ReplyDeleteI was impressed with them as they certainly put the smack down on the sparrows. However, they didn't stick around after they had won and the sparrows move right back in. All my neighbors have raised brood after brood of bluebirds and what few we have raised get eaten by raccoons. I keep hoping that one day we can see another brood of bluebirds fledge again. It has probably been four or five years now since the last time.
DeleteTo say the least house sparrows are a great nuisance.
ReplyDeleteOther than wanting to build a nest underneath my deck, they pretty much leave me alone, well that and the bluebird house.
DeleteGolly, I think you should just give it to the sparrows. They've earned it!
ReplyDeleteWell the house belongs to my neighbor who is adamant about seeing only bluebirds so for now, the sparrows have to find someplace else if they want to raise a brood of young.
DeleteOh my they both want to live there!
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