English Sparrow (pest) eradication from bird feeder
June 18, 2011 Bird House Feeder
Good information on house sparrows. www.sialis.org “Without question the most deplorable event in the history of American ornithology was the introduction of the English Sparrow.” -WL Dawson, The Birds of Ohio, 1903 This video shows the removal (by hunting) of English (House) Sparrows from a feeder for the purpose of creating a friendlier environment for native song birds. This method equals instant death for the birds in question – much better than poisoning or netting. This was one of 4 trips I made to this location. By the end of the fourth trip, the English sparrow numbers were reduced significantly enough so that they no longer “swarmed” the feeder. Native song birds returned in healthy numbers. I estimated I shot around 200 in total (over the 4 days). I also tore sparrow nests out of the trees and barns. I hit ‘em like a ton of bricks. And the result was that there were song birds all over that bird feeder at the end of day 4. (the video was filmed on day 3). I moved around this location, shooting at 3 or 4 “hot spots”. This spot was just the easiest to film. Equipment details: Gun – Edgun Matador .22 PCP air rifle Scope – Hawke Sidewinder 30 6.5-20x (video at 10x) Pellets – JSB 18.1g shooting at 920 fps (34 ft/lbs energy) [It goes without saying that] All birds were legally shot, and all are exotic species. I can’t say this enough – if you have a problem with hunting do NOT watch this video. Friends can comment without approval. All others will be screened. For …
Comments (25)
Hummingbirds are fun, entertaining, full of energy and it’s easy to attract hummingbirds.
ur vids r awsomekeep up the good work…nice headshot btw it was epic
glad that you said what you do to them @ the end
Man you do look a bit like bear grylls, anyway awesome shooting. You make really good videos. Keep up the good work.
So the sparrows are “pest birds” and the lady doesnt want them in her yard so she pays you to remove as many as possible? Do you have a list of “pest” birds? My wife has been putting out bird feeder trying to get cardinals and the like to come around but they never do.
nice I live in the center of Milan im always shooting at pigeon but they are so fuking hard to kill
i got a gamo 177 47 joule
That 2nd starling must have heard that go past his head lol
hi there im looking for a box for my logun solo like your one im guessing you cut the foam yourself,,???
wow, how much did that air rifle cost u?
and what joule in power is it?
dude omg your videos are so cool. and you put alot of money in airguns. Do you use real guns too?
@TheHuntingFanatic Sure I use “real” guns, too. Although, I’ll bet if you saw what this airgun could do, you would also consider it quite real.
I own multiple rifles and shotguns. But, for this channel, I stick to air rifles. There are many many firearm Youtube channels. I wanted to be different. LOL. ted
@jenniegx That is a Pelican case – Model 1700. The foam comes with it, and yes I cut it out myself.
@FuZZioNzZGaming The rifle costs $1600. It shoot at 45 joules.
@faithoffroad The three pest birds I blast routinely are all European transplants to the U.S. – the pigeon, starling ,and house sparrow.
@EdgunUSA wont the cats eat the pellets when you feed them the birds
its a dead spot because of your house i thought you workt it out
@EdgunUSA ive shot a couple of grey quirrels before, and ended up giving them to the famer, whos land we had permission to shoot on for his labrador retreiver
were most kills headshots?
you can see the blood after he is down…
and…. down goes Frazier
Hello mate goodness those first three shots made me laugh! How often have I done exactly the same thing! Anyway just wanted to say enjoying your videos. We don’t shoot sparrows in the UK anymore as they are off the list here now, but good to see they are flourishing elsewhere. Take it easy and safe shooting
we live in the middle of minnesota and yesterday i saw three killdeer with my brother
MMM now I want buffalo wings. Lol thanks a lot.
lols i would have shot the little red bitch that was on the bird feeder juz for the hell of it
lol i like the link