After reading that someone wishing the Cooper's hawks would concentrate on 
eating House Sparrows, I wanted to mention that a female house sparrow was 
seen in my back yard on Saturday eating a Japaneese Beetle. One invasive 
species eating another. 

I usually want to eradicate the house sparrows. Now I'm going to have to 
ponder this some more to see if they can really help me control bugs. I 
think leaving the  feeder empty is a must to keep them hungry enough to 
eat the beetles. Has anyone else found a use for house sparrows?

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