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Post by douglas on May 11, 2006 14:55:32 GMT -6
!@#$%& Starling birds  I have squash and pumpkins coming up and they pulled some up by the roots! I have a few left or should I say whats left  |
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Post by crazy1 on May 11, 2006 14:58:27 GMT -6
Starlings are a pain. I use a BB gun to deteer them. Then the cats help also  |
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Post by douglas on May 11, 2006 15:07:23 GMT -6
Best news I heard all day  |
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Post by crazy1 on May 11, 2006 15:17:14 GMT -6
Yup! Crossman 760. Works every time |
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Post by douglas on May 11, 2006 17:24:20 GMT -6
Da wife was talkin about getting a small hand bee bee gun Could open the back door an inch and stop dem in dere tracks |
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Post by crazy1 on May 11, 2006 17:30:59 GMT -6
Usually the hand ones take CO2 cartriges. Thats why I got the sm rifle type it's a pump. Lasts fer yeeaarrss.  |
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Post by douglas on May 12, 2006 3:17:55 GMT -6
Then the pump is the one we'll get |
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Post by chickenfarmer on May 12, 2006 18:51:17 GMT -6
 This is what I got... A 1938 model Red Ryder |
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Post by douglas on May 12, 2006 19:05:11 GMT -6
Will dis work  |
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Post by crazy1 on May 12, 2006 19:32:50 GMT -6
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Post by douglas on May 13, 2006 0:47:24 GMT -6
I could knock out the whole colony with this  |
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Post by deb65802 on May 14, 2006 14:24:04 GMT -6
cd's strung on a wire work too
they do not ike the shining stuff
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Post by douglas on May 15, 2006 3:50:43 GMT -6
I thought about trying a few aluminum pie tins tied on the fence, they bang in the breeze and have been known to scare away black birds. Thanks deb, now I have to go through my DVD's and CD's and decide which ones to use |
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Post by deb65802 on May 16, 2006 19:52:03 GMT -6
aol, earthlink, any one of a dozen others LOLOL
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Post by crazy1 on May 16, 2006 20:01:02 GMT -6
They get used to monotonus things. The CD's and the pie plates will work fer a while. They just learn that no matter what they see, it'll be OK. Starlings are the worst! Dang cow birds! |
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Post by douglas on May 16, 2006 20:03:26 GMT -6
One thing that never fails is a good ol hand clap |
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Post by crazy1 on May 16, 2006 20:13:10 GMT -6
Thats true!
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Post by chickenfarmer on May 17, 2006 2:27:20 GMT -6
I made a mistake a few years back... I was making these wind chimes out of used saw blades.... They sound pretty when they bang together... honest dont laugh....
Well I hung them off the pole of one of my mailbox feeders... They stayed away from that mailbox for a while.. couldn't figure it out.. then it dawned on me it was the new chimes.... I liked the look so I left em and just put up more feeders...
Now that is my best feeder. Saw chimes and all .. Your right they will stay away from it for awhile but they will get used to it.....
Buy one of them fake owls from the garden centers or wal mart and put up poles here and there... go out at night and move the owl to diffrent spots around the garden.. that might work.
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Post by deb65802 on May 17, 2006 10:58:10 GMT -6
I have three cats. no bird problems here. or squirrels either for that matter.
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