Why not hope the raptors come back for a nice, juicy English sparrow treat ? They have to eat too, anyways. Right after English sparrows were introduced into this country, about 100 years ago, they were such farm nuisances that people trapped them. The Migratory Bird Act may have ended that. Lately I've noticed English sparrow numbers down and native competitor numbers up, but that might just be personal observer bias. Laura ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]