Hi @Redwing yes I couldn’t understand why the research paper said “globally invasive” but I thought it was interesting regarding their research into neophobia. The house sparrows at my last home were certainly neophobic, I fed them over a period of 18 years and a large colony of approx 40 birds were permanent residents of my garden. Even though they ‘knew’ me and chattered away excitedly when I filled up my feeders, they avoided any new feeder for quite a few weeks!
It takes a good couple of weeks for ours to get used to new feeders too - and for a change in hanging feeders from mixed seed to just sunflowers, took about a month! Now the sparrows are never off them, and we have goldfinches for the first time but I think I manifested them, lol. The sparrows get a bit edgy if I swap the ground feeders around too. 😄
The bird house/ feeder is now being used as much as the old one had been . Crowds of sparrows ,robins and wrens all scoffing away . I’m delighted.And , what’s more , the wood pigeons can’t fit in because of the roof supports being too close together . Best bird house I’ve ever owned ,end of story .
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