House sparrows

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Yes they are, almost as bad as sparrows. But don't get caught shooting them.

Seth, I have good news for you. It works. My feeder zone is now filled with natives. I do need to keep the squirrels down, as they chase birds off too and will tear up your feeders to get the stuff they like out of them. I have one that had to be epoxied, or they would take it apart every week, dumping the whole payload of seed onto the ground.

But now that I've been drilling the English Sparrows and Euro Starlings, I'm getting a lot of Purple Juncos, Blue Jays (for better or worse), Northern Cardinals, Woodpeckers (Downy and Red-bellied), Nuthatches, House Finches, Mourning Doves...

Nice work. I don't see many around here, but if I do, I'll go after them. 

it's harvest time so no birds at all in the yard. the fields are too close and too rich with feed for them to notice my feeders. once the fields are covered in snow, the starlings and sparrows will be plentiful in the yard. until then, i'll shoot cans and such.

I got my first Limey Sparrow of the fall/winter this morning with the S510. A flock of five females flew in, but only four flew out. Nice little meat slap for such tiny birds.