The house sparrow is a highly invasive pest in North Carolina, and bluebird enthusiasts frequently throw their eggs out and remove their nests to keep them from overtaking the nestboxes that bluebirds ...
Researchers used discarded eggs from invasive house sparrows to test for heavy metal contaminants. A citizen-science project called "Sparrow Swap" engaged bluebird enthusiasts to collect over 2,000 ...
Experts reveal how to keep house sparrow nests out of bluebird houses and away from feeders. Win the bluebird nest vs sparrow nest battle.
Since I first started putting up bluebird nesting boxes back in 2016, I have had to think about a much less-beloved bird, the house sparrow, that also loves nesting in these boxes. House sparrows are ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When birders find eggs laid by invasive bird species, they typically throw them and the encroaching nests out. But researchers at ...
You can try bracing it to the house by attaching steel brackets of some sort to the chimney and structure of the house to buy you a year, maybe, but even then i wouldnt want a couple 2x4's to hold up thousands of pounds of brick and masonry. Is there just that one flue in the chimney?
Our house was built in 2009 and it has a beautiful fireplace with an insert. We didn't do too many fires last winter (maybe 1) but this year are wanting to use it more.
Ok first post but I have been a lurker here for the past year and found many of the post very helpful. I bought a house last fall with a Quadrafire Castile. I was having a problem with the siding being stained and soot being pulled into the window next to the Exhaust. In researching the...