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01-04-2011, 09:37 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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they were eating off the ground. I have no less that 8 Viburnums that are loaded with berries right now and they are not being touched much. I think they prefer the sunflower seeds more.
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01-04-2011, 01:20 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Hav a Hart with peanut butter bait works well.
Just make sure you release them on the other side of a river
from your house so they will need to swim to get back.
I usually spin the trap around in circles a bunch of times before I release
them to confuse their direction.
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" Choose Life "
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01-04-2011, 01:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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You could just toss the trap into the river, but that would be unneccesarliy cruel.
I know, to give them a fighting chance catch 3 or 4 and release them on a frozen pond/lake as far away from shore as possible and wait for a hawk or eagle or some other bird of prey to fly overhead, and then release them to see which one doesn't make it to shore?
If you get more than one bird of prey, it could make for an interesting event.
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12-19-2012, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justplugit
I usually spin the trap around in circles a bunch of times before I release
them to confuse their direction.
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they navigate by sound(s)
"remembered" such as firetrucks ,church bells,
flowing water, and sounds of the spectrum unknown to us.
Birds in Mass can hear the sound of Niagara falls (long range)
similarly to elephants-> low pitch vibration
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01-16-2013, 12:27 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
they navigate by sound(s)
"remembered" such as firetrucks ,church bells,
flowing water, and sounds of the spectrum unknown to us.
Birds in Mass can hear the sound of Niagara falls (long range)
similarly to elephants-> low pitch vibration
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Didn't know that, Rav. I guess duct tape over the ears would help.
The Fischer Cat took care of my squirrel problem this year.
Only one left, and he's too busy looking over his shoulder to eat.
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" Choose Life "
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02-12-2013, 06:32 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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it was truly AMAZING...
watching the birds eat
at my new bird station as
the NEMO blizzard was winding down
there were about ten birds eating at different
spots and then a huge gust of wind
would send them sideways with no
opportunity to flap their wings
ending in a total WHITE out
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02-12-2013, 09:43 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Had a sleeper this morning. A female downy was clinging on the suet
feeder with her head back and eyes closed motionless.
At first I thought she froze to death there, but didn't want to wake her
by knocking on the window in case she was sleeping.
Watched her for a few minutes and she looked dead as a door nail.
So i knocked lightly on the window. She woke up opened her eyes,
shook her head back and forth and looked around in no hurry to fly off.
LOL,must of been sleeping it off after a buzz last night.
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02-13-2013, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i saw one do that on the bark of a tree
and literally Vanish as the coloration
on their back perfectly resembles bark
kinda Funny here...i mounted this wicked curvy
piece of manzanita wood from the Cali woods
outside on the window sill feeder as a L.Z. (landing zone)
and they love being UNDER the ARCH because they feel
protected from hawks and other marauders....
(always scanning the skies)
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