I think I have mentioned before about how Sparrows will try and take over the nesting sites of Purple Martins. For whatever reason, there are now about 10 Sparrows (1 male and many females from what I can tell) flying around and attempting to build nests in my Purple Martin house. This drives me absolutely nuts, as these birds are non-native species and will often attack the Purple Martins and their newborn. Many sites across the Internet advocate shooting or killing the Sparrows. For better or worse, I don’t quite have the heart to do that. What I will do however, is check the Martin House every single day and remove the nest(s).
I will say one thing about these Sparrows, they are persistent. For the last week I have removed the nest every single day, and every single day those Sparrows go right back and build another nest in the exact same spot. The last two days, there has been a single egg in the nest which I removed. Hopefully these Sparrows will give up soon and find somewhere else to nest. Below is a picture of one of the removed eggs.
Sparrow Egg
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