HOUSE SPARROWS
William D. Fitzwater
Director
New Mexico Outdoor Communicators
7104 Bellrose Aveneu, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
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Fig. 1. House sparrow, Passer domesticus. Male (left) and female (right).
Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Exclusion
Block entrances larger than 3/4 inch
(2 cm).
Design new buildings or alter old ones
to eliminate roosting and nesting
places.
Install plastic bird netting or overhead
lines to protect high-value crops.
Cultural Methods
Remove roosting sites.
Plant bird resistant varieties.
Frightening
Fireworks, alarm calls, exploders.
Scarecrows, motorized hawks, balloons, kites.
4-Aminopyridine (Avitrol®).
Repellents
Capsicum
Polybutenes
Sharp metal projections (Nixalite® and Cat Claw®).
Toxicants
Fenthion in Rid-A-Bird® toxic perches. (editors note, No longer available).
Trapping
Funnel, automatic, and triggered traps.
Mist nets.
Shooting
Air guns and small firearms.
Dust shot and BB caps.
Other Methods
Nest destruction.
Predators.
Editors
Scott E. Hygnstrom;
Robert M. Timm;
Gary E. Larson
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE — 1994
Cooperative Extension Division Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Nebraska -Lincoln
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Damage Control
Great Plains Agricultural Council Wildlife Committee