House Sparrows

[CHenry]

These little bastards are rippin on my bird feeder, cleaning it out in just 2 days and most of the feed is kicked out on the patio. Usually I get finches or Cardinals at certain times of the year and they dont kick the food out and the feeder will last for a couple weeks before it needs refilled.
Is there a deterrent I can use to keep these rodent Sparrows away from the feeder?

 

[dlbleak]

They are considered invasive and not protected in any way. You might need to use some imagination within city limits though.

 

[CHenry]

They are considered invasive and not protected in any way. You might need to use some imagination within city limits though.

I have a pellet riffle but they land on the feeder so I dont want holes in it lol.
Maybe a Sparrow trap?

 

[chuter]

Don't really have any good ideas to keep them away and I've tried.
It's legal to kill House Sparrows as they're an invasive species and will kill, destroy eggs and babies of native species.
Most bird watching websites say to just kill them. There are sparrow traps, people drown 'em, gas 'em, pop their necks, what ever.
The most fun is shooting with my pellet gun tho the little bastids don't stay in one place very long.
I end up pulling their nests out of our martin houses about once a week.

 

[dlbleak]

Some good ideas on YouTube. It will probably take a combination of tricks to deter the little suckers

 

[Gunbuffer]

Yes! Put a recent photo of yourself right next to the feeder

 

[okcBob]

 

[Ready_fire_aim]

A little daisy BB gun has enough thump to kill a sparrow, but maybe it wouldn’t put holes in the feeder like a pellet gun would?

 

[CHenry]

Don't really have any good ideas to keep them away and I've tried.
It's legal to kill House Sparrows as they're an invasive species and will kill, destroy eggs and babies of native species.
Most bird watching websites say to just kill them. There are sparrow traps, people drown 'em, gas 'em, pop their necks, what ever.
The most fun is shooting with my pellet gun tho the little bastids don't stay in one place very long.
I end up pulling their nests out of our martin houses about once a week.

I used to have a Martin house and it was a constant battle to keep their nest out.

 

[CHenry]

A little daisy BB gun has enough thump to kill a sparrow, but maybe it wouldn’t put holes in the feeder like a pellet gun would?

Yeah my pellet gun fires about 1000 FPS I think. and theres the issue of houses behind me.
Plus them little bastards are small targets.