diamond firetails vs The House Sparrow

["Philip Veerman" <>]

The Diamond Firetail is doing well around here recently. I was pleased to get them as (nearly) the first bird on the first two blitz sites I did on Saturday. The House Sparrow is very attracted to human domestic situations but the Diamond Firetail is not. Indeed you wouldn't normally have them in the same place. A bit hard to see how you could influence this as you appear to be describing around your house or property but restricting food and nesting sites of the House Sparrow should help.

 

Maybe they would get the message of who you like by giving the Diamond Firetail the same dignity of capital letters as the House Sparrow.

 

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: jude hopwood [
Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2011 9:48 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] diamond firetails vs The House Sparrow

Advice, please?

 

At Currawang, we have flock of at least six diamond firetails who have remained for several weeks now, happily saying pleasant things about the resort-like features of Edendale.  Up until this year, passing pairs of visitors only.  The last few times I've spotted them on our driveway (quite dense foliage either side) I've noticed they are kept moving by a flock of sparrows which seems to replace their last movements.  Is this usual, and if so, is there any way of disposing of, discouraging or banning The Wicked House Sparrow?  I'd much rather have huge flocks of DF, than a few sparrows.  At present, the other way around.

 

Regards,

Jude Hopwood.