Spare o door location question

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C.C.Martins
Posts: 3368
Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
Location: Corpus Christi Tx
Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025- 40 pair. 181 fledged
HOSP:
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.

Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 49 PMCA excluder gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025: 51 pair, 216 fledged
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Recently acquired a 12 unit grandpa trio, enlarged compartments, complete with the older model spaghetti rails. it was well maintained, just re painted it, took it apart and gave it some TLC. Its on a winch system, came with with pole.
Almost a shame to turn it into a sparrow trap but thats what ill do. It will go to a satellite site where I can't shoot.
Guy sold me 3 spare o doors as well, so my question is this:
is it best to put the traps on the bottom or upper level? Read that its best to place them close together, so did that, with only 3 (all other doors are closed off), I have 2 on one side, one on another. Iv a bit of long white feathers i poked through a nut and glued the nut to the back of the cavity, just in front of the hole so they can see it.
Tom
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
jtdurb
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Tom, it does not matter where you locate the spar-o-door. Sparrows will enter the compartment regardless of where you place it. Just put a small amount of dried grass in one of the compartments. This helps to lure a sparrow in. And be very careful, Bluebirds can enter a spar-o-door trap. If you do not have Bluebirds in your area then you will have no problem.

Tom D
C.C.Martins
Posts: 3368
Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:15 am
Location: Corpus Christi Tx
Martin Colony History: 2016- Visitors.
2017- 5 pair. 15 fledged
2018- 18 pair. 85 fledged
2019- 17 pair. 81 fledged
2020- 25 pair. 111 fledged
2021- 28 pair. 118 fledged
2022- 33 pair. 151 fledged
2023- 33 pair. 165 fledged
2024- 40 pair. 185 fledged
2025- 40 pair. 181 fledged
HOSP:
Home colony: mix natural, super, Troyer and excluder gourds, enlarged compartment house. All SREH.

Satellite colony: Oso Bay Preserve: 49 PMCA excluder gourds; 16 room Lonestar Goliad with Modified Excluder entrances.
2019: Visitors
2020: 3 pair, 11 fledged
2021: 10 pair, 30 fledged
2022: 11 pair, 35 fledged
2023: 18 pair, 101 fledged
2024: 39 pair, 181 fledged
2025: 51 pair, 216 fledged
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Awesome, thank you Tom. I'll put in the dried grass, just a bit hanging out of the hole too? Make it look homey. No bluebirds down here, (sadly) only cavity nester we have to deal with are sparrows, starlings and occasional woodpecker.
A good house sparrow is a dead house sparrow.
HOSP: 17. Starlings: 23
Martintown33
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Location: Laplace,La
Martin Colony History: Colony started in 1998. 2 s&k modified houses and gourd rack

Sounds like a good set up. Happy trapping!
Rob
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Laplace, La
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