My lovely assistants and I built your trap in a couple evenings. (my daughters 8 and 9) They loved helping on this fun project and it is a cool machine! Your videos were not only great but are a bit of great teaching as well. My wife is a science teacher and we think your videos were fantastic! Kids thrive on this kind of project and we truly had a great time building this machine. I rate this activity at 5 stars! Fun! Thank you!
It's a great trap with a great trap door mechanism. I've just got one little idea. On the pvc pipe that you drilled a hole in to fit the nut and bolt through if you make the hole into an approximate one inch long slot you could actually then just slide the bolt to the desired position to make the pvc arm go up👆 and down👇 Thanks for sharing your video. . 👍
Great video, your easy to follow which made for a easy build! I built one in September of '22 and have caught 115 Hosp in roughly 5 months of trapping. One thing i did differently that I'm now second guessing is the one way door which i used hardware cloth instead of the thun plexi. I believe hardware cloth give more opportunity for birds to pull on it & eventually pull it open enough to get back out. I have witnessed birds pulling on it and have had a handfull escape & i actually caught a few escapees in the swingarm compartment! Have you had any escapees using the plexiglass door?? One other thing i did differently that I believe is an improvement was the angled cuts on the swingarm for clearance. The angled cut on the capture cage end of the swingarm I did the same because the swingarm needs to go as low as possible. But the opposite end or the weighted end needs clearance at the top of the arm, because it only travels from a level position to the top of the cage, so the angled cut on this back end of the pipe needs to be opposite of the angled cut on the front end. Done thus way no modification was needed to create clearance
Now all it needs is a hydraulic ram and the french fry blade from a vegimatic. Hook the ram to a motion detector next to a food bowl, and you have an on-demand cat feeder.
Well done guys! this will help a lot of people build a good,economical,lasting trap.Im designing similar one, but with a easier method to remove all birds at once, will post it on line, when I can prove it works well.Sparrows,Pigiones and Indian minors, are in Plague propoartions here in Australia, and If every conservationist built one or a dozen we'll do our bit , to save the native species CHEERS!
What a wonderful gift❗️Thank you for you generosity.Your daughters are lovely (married by now no doubt) and I just thoroughly enjoyed the whole production, thanks again‼️👏🏻
These traps with elevator are awesome. One thing to add, an inner flap on the hinged door opening to help prevent a bird escaping when getting them out. The birds are disease carriers in my chicken and horse barns. People need to understand the issue of this non-native birds that kills off our song bird populations.
Thank you sir! Husband and I are going to build one next weekend. If I purchased it online it would cost me $78.00 with shipping. Thank you so much for sharing!
It would have been nice to see the assembly actually functioning ? You should have also included the paper girl in the reconstruction process so she can appreciate the effort that goes into one of these ;} nicely done!
Bruntdog, Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. I have loned out a nestbox mounted trap to a neighbor having problems with sparrows but due to winds the last several days, she is having problems keeping the trap set. Your repeating trap looks like a great alternate. Will start on building one this afternoon. Thanks
Hey thanks man I was surprised on how many sparrows I cought , you were helpful in stead of buying the sparrow trap online for $49.95 so thanks a lot =]
Thank you for posting great video! I made my trap myself too(a year ago, there were not any videos on it, so it took me some time to come up with the design). I like the PVS pipe idea. My trap has a dark cloth on the door attached on the inside so that they will not see the outside once you open the door. I put a handle on it its quite handy since the trap is heavy.
thanks for the vid. Have made the main parts of the trap but not got any mesh!!! Ive put a door at the back of the swingarm, will post vid when its made.
My experience was not good. After a while the birds just hopped over the elevator and hopped back out. One of the sparrows got some seed, hopped back out and fed her baby waiting outside and went back in for some more. Maybe the elevator needs to be a little wider so the bird cant hop over it.
Great gadget! I'm going to make one. We raise Purple Martins and hopefully it will catch the English sparrow and starling. One question, what is your method of dispatching the birds that you've caught?
How do you build an additional trap box on the side to get sparrows in it to remove and dispose of them easily? I have seen one on another site but no instructions how to make it?
Go to the website called Coinflation (dot) com for the weights of all US coins. It would probably be better to check a bird book to find the weight of the birds in your area and then adjust your trap with whatever you are using for weight.
He says check it daily, but this is much TOO INFREQUENT. Should be checked at least HOURLY at least. Non-sparrow birds that are nesting will lose their young if trapped for long. Birds without water will die. Please do not use one of these without being diligent about releasing birds you are not targeting.
nice dude but i make it by cartoons .what i will yous for the lat thang that the sparrow can be in side i know that i will yous tha one out the window but my mother dont let me to cut it what i will yous mr. pleeas
the only one is nausance are people also are invasive species too, house sparrows don't kill other birds is not scientific proof of that , also I have in my backyard all kind the birds I never saw sparrows attack or kill other birds .also cats kill more birds than any other animals and them are invasive species too.
+User Online .you want proof that house sparrows kill other cavity nesting birds .? You must not have looked hard enough... Try having a Bluebird trail then come back and talk
Finished up my version today. Your videos were very helpful toward accomplishing my project. It is now awaiting it's first guests.
Great tutorial! Thank you for filming this. I just built one today and hope to use it tomorrow.
My lovely assistants and I built your trap in a couple evenings. (my daughters 8 and 9) They loved helping on this fun project and it is a cool machine! Your videos were not only great but are a bit of great teaching as well. My wife is a science teacher and we think your videos were fantastic! Kids thrive on this kind of project and we truly had a great time building this machine. I rate this activity at 5 stars! Fun! Thank you!
Great video! I appreciate how detailed you explain everything. Thank you for sharing.
I got to wonder what those girls would think of this ending today after 14 years! Great video very useful and well done. Thanks!
Gonna make one. Excellent videos. Best part: teaching those girls! 👍🏼
Awesome videos, thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Your presentation was perfect!!
Straight to the point and simple.
Nice original idea 💡
It's a great trap with a great trap door mechanism. I've just got one little idea. On the pvc pipe that you drilled a hole in to fit the nut and bolt through if you make the hole into an approximate one inch long slot you could actually then just slide the bolt to the desired position to make the pvc arm go up👆 and down👇 Thanks for sharing your video. . 👍
@@justwondering4342 No I haven't yet. I've made plenty of bird and rat traps in the past though
@@justwondering4342 Tanks mate. And you. 👍
Thank you so much for this series of videos. I have suffered for years trying to figure out how to get rid of my sparrows.
Great video, your easy to follow which made for a easy build! I built one in September of '22 and have caught 115 Hosp in roughly 5 months of trapping. One thing i did differently that I'm now second guessing is the one way door which i used hardware cloth instead of the thun plexi. I believe hardware cloth give more opportunity for birds to pull on it & eventually pull it open enough to get back out. I have witnessed birds pulling on it and have had a handfull escape & i actually caught a few escapees in the swingarm compartment! Have you had any escapees using the plexiglass door?? One other thing i did differently that I believe is an improvement was the angled cuts on the swingarm for clearance. The angled cut on the capture cage end of the swingarm I did the same because the swingarm needs to go as low as possible. But the opposite end or the weighted end needs clearance at the top of the arm, because it only travels from a level position to the top of the cage, so the angled cut on this back end of the pipe needs to be opposite of the angled cut on the front end. Done thus way no modification was needed to create clearance
Now all it needs is a hydraulic ram and the french fry blade from a vegimatic. Hook the ram to a motion detector next to a food bowl, and you have an on-demand cat feeder.
Fantastic tutorial. Thanks a lot I built one and I amm gonna build more. Thanks and God bless!
Well done guys! this will help a lot of people build a good,economical,lasting trap.Im designing similar one, but with a easier method to remove all birds at once, will post it on line, when I can prove it works well.Sparrows,Pigiones and Indian minors, are in Plague propoartions here in Australia, and If every conservationist built one or a dozen we'll do our bit , to save the native species CHEERS!
That was entertaining. Good job I guess. Not in my back yard though.
Great video. Excellent instructions. I plan on building one today!
Looking forward to making one this weekend. Thank you for the great detailed DIY, much appreciated!
What a wonderful gift❗️Thank you for you generosity.Your daughters are lovely (married by now no doubt) and I just thoroughly enjoyed the whole production, thanks again‼️👏🏻
These traps with elevator are awesome. One thing to add, an inner flap on the hinged door opening to help prevent a bird escaping when getting them out. The birds are disease carriers in my chicken and horse barns. People need to understand the issue of this non-native birds that kills off our song bird populations.
thank you so much for this DIY video, extremely helpful!
Great series of educational videos, keen to take on the project with my assistants
Thank you sir! Husband and I are going to build one next weekend. If I purchased it online it would cost me $78.00 with shipping. Thank you so much for sharing!
Still trapped? What a waste of £78.00 dollars
It would have been nice to see the assembly actually functioning ? You should have also included the paper girl in the reconstruction process so she can appreciate the effort that goes into one of these ;} nicely done!
Bruntdog,
Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. I have loned out a nestbox mounted trap to a neighbor having problems with sparrows but due to winds the last several days, she is having problems keeping the trap set. Your repeating trap looks like a great alternate. Will start on building one this afternoon.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing, I'll be building one soon.
Hey thanks man I was surprised on how many sparrows I cought , you were helpful in stead of buying the sparrow trap online for $49.95 so thanks a lot =]
I need a help
Nice work, these repeating traps work well at catching those horrible house sparrows.
Awesome! Thanks
Many thanks and God bless you,we need all the sparrow traps we can to help eliminate some of them and martin/blue bird houses too,thanks again.
Thank you for posting great video! I made my trap myself too(a year ago, there were not any videos on it, so it took me some time to come up with the design). I like the PVS pipe idea. My trap has a dark cloth on the door attached on the inside so that they will not see the outside once you open the door. I put a handle on it its quite handy since the trap is heavy.
muchas gracias por este video que me ha enseñado una nueva manera de hacer una trampa gracias desde mexico bye
Awesome design
✔🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🏆👉🌷😍
Caught one today it works! but I have about 50 more to go...
liked and favorited, especially for the last part
thanks for the vid. Have made the main parts of the trap but not got any mesh!!! Ive put a door at the back of the swingarm, will post vid when its made.
You get a like just for thr intro.
My experience was not good. After a while the birds just hopped over the elevator and hopped back out. One of the sparrows got some seed, hopped back out and fed her baby waiting outside and went back in for some more. Maybe the elevator needs to be a little wider so the bird cant hop over it.
The trap works, you just need to make a few adjustments. Don't give up, just watch other videos.
thanks for the video,
this trap is awsome, ive caught 10 birds in it so far, not a single house sparrow though...
Excellent video - I'm off to build one with my daughter...
We are thinking Blackbird pie! (Starlings )
Nice I try to make same this one
Fantastic, thank you
Good instructional
Wonderful, Tanx ,,, we wish to see it in Operation:)
Thank you very much for posting this...I have to do some eradicating of house sparrows and an air rifle is not an option in this area.
Would this trap work for starlings too? I mean the measurements of the trap?
Thx for sharing...
well done !
تسلم ايدك شرح اكثر من رائع
Cheers
what does a quater weigh in grams? I am from sweden. We don't have the same way of measuring and counting stuff. Anyone please?
Hi IAA015, an American quarter-dollar coin weighs 5.670 g. It's larger and flatter than a 1-Euro coin, but the weights are probably similar.
Could you tell us the dimensions of the outside wire cloth that covers the trap?
this looks great for when i cant be there to blast em. and once caught i can release native birds.
Great gadget! I'm going to make one. We raise Purple Martins and hopefully it will catch the English sparrow and starling. One question, what is your method of dispatching the birds that you've caught?
Sure would be much easier to read the last text with a more contrasting color, GOOD VIDEO, regards
Thanks for that Bruntdog. I tried it and it works well. What were the cage dimensions of the cage?
A heat gun on the pvc pipe works instead of the 45.
nice m8 i did it but i neeed to do other 1 coz broken :d
The bait , what works best for mix? great videos by the way. thanks.
you are wonderfullllllllllllllllllll.................
did u catch anything nice vid
How do you build an additional trap box on the side to get sparrows in it to remove and dispose of them easily? I have seen one on another site but no instructions how to make it?
so neet thanks
do you shoot em after? just curious because i want to build a bigger version but was curios as to what to do with em.thanks
Once you catch enough sparrows for a meal, what's the best way to cook 'em?
im sure you have been asked and have already answered this.. but what do you do with the sparrows after you catch them??
Go to the website called Coinflation (dot) com for the weights of all US coins. It would probably be better to check a bird book to find the weight of the birds in your area and then adjust your trap with whatever you are using for weight.
Would this work for mourning doves or scrub jays?
Do you trap and eat Sparrows ?
I’m wondering what the dimensions of the hardware cloth is
Couldn't you just make a box with the plexiglass on the inside and the food on the inside so they couldn't get out of the box?? Plz reply!!
You can cut and use normal plastic from your containers, not just plexiglass
It does accualy work
you could have just heat the pvc tube and bend it .... a lot more easier
Does it even work?>
could you put the values in centimeters for our French friends?
He says check it daily, but this is much TOO INFREQUENT. Should be checked at least HOURLY at least. Non-sparrow birds that are nesting will lose their young if trapped for long. Birds without water will die. Please do not use one of these without being diligent about releasing birds you are not targeting.
Mana gambar dan ukuran detilnya?
nice dude but i make it by cartoons .what i will yous for the lat thang that the sparrow can be in side i know that i will yous tha one out the window but my mother dont let me to cut it what i will yous mr. pleeas
He is talking about 3 quarter size coins ( 3 COINS WICH IS 75 CENTS OF A DOLLAR)
sO HE USES 3 _ 25 CENTS COINS TO ADJUST THE WEIGHT.
I planted 1500 asparagus the sparrows ated 3-400 of them! there are just too many of them
rather have the "advisors" in Congress than what we have!
wtf! disliking for the last part.
too complicated
this trap didnt work at all dont use pvc piping use wood
Why the two girls acting stupid at the end???????????
those birds are not a nuisance but i would like to have one or two as pets
Built this 3 weeks ago NO sparrows, useless
Works great - don’t know why yours didn’t -
Go to woodprix if you'd like to build it yourself.
Or just watch these videos if you'd like to build it yourself!
the only one is nausance are people also are invasive species too, house sparrows don't kill other birds is not scientific proof of that , also I have in my backyard all kind the birds I never saw sparrows attack or kill other birds .also cats kill more birds than any other animals and them are invasive species too.
+User Online .you want proof that house sparrows kill other cavity nesting birds .? You must not have looked hard enough... Try having a Bluebird trail then come back and talk
Here you go.
www.sialis.org/hospattacks.htm
#scientific proof