House Sparrows in Georgia

House Sparrows live in Georgia all year. Mild winters bring irregular purple finch and pine-siskin irruptions from the north. That makes the cold months the time your yard matters most to them: their winter diet shifts toward grain and feeder seed.

Humid subtropical, with cooler mountains in the north and a warm coastal plain in the south.

Across Georgia, house sparrows typically nest from March–August. Nest site: messy grass nest in any cavity, including nest boxes. Females lay 4–6 eggs, incubate for 10–14 days, and young leave the nest after 14 days.

Hot, humid summers; bluebirds can raise three broods but boxes in full sun overheat.

• House Sparrows don't use nest boxes. Keep dense native shrubs and trees such as sugar maple, red maple for nest sites.
• Delay heavy pruning of shrubs until after August.

Of the regional native plants we track for Georgia, these 7 provide food or cover house sparrows use:

An introduced species that evicts bluebirds and kills nestlings; use 1 1/2 in bluebird holes, monitor boxes, and avoid millet if it's a problem.

• Best foods: Millet, Cracked corn.
• In Georgia's winter: Mild winters bring irregular purple finch and pine-siskin irruptions from the north.

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