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frosti · Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:17 pm trapping starlings/indian minor birds

does anyone know how to trap indian minor birds or starlings , they are a big pest at my place and i have been trying to reduce numbers by shooting but its making no impact on numbers.

wife · Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:32 am

a good question mate,there is a few traps which i have seen and used over here such as the larsen trap which is used for catching magpies mainly although it will catch jackdaws and crows ,see below a few pics of larsen traps

you have the bigger trap called the ladder trap which i have used and caught plenty of crows in,they are very efective,if you was to make the entrance smaller that they drop in it might work with the minor birds,a few pics of ladder traps below

i have made some of my own live catch traps for catching rats,for the first couple of days i was catching sparrows,only 2 at a time and i am guessing you must have loads of starlings,they are easy to catch however in most of my live catch traps which i put out for rats or squirrels and when checking them i am always releasing sparrows&starlings,blackbirds,robins,if you had lets say 10 small traps you could easily catch 10 sparrows in your traps,sparrows are to nosy for there own good and i quite often in 1 day have caught the same sparrows ,will find some pics of what sparrows i have had in my traps and put them up,starlings i have caught but more sparrows and blackbirds

found this and there is a trap on there which is used for sparrows,might be good for starlings as well
http://www.trapman.co.uk/live-capture-repeating-sparrow-trap.htm
this site should be closer to you mate,got this trap on there which is for starlings,never seen 1 before myself

http://www.mynamagnet.com.au/Default.asp?c=283619
http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=live+catch+starling+traps&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

trapdoor · Guest

Classic pigeon trap work work fine too I imagine, with bob wires. I'd post a pic if I ould work out how to do it with the hosting nonsense. :icon_wacko:

there's one here though

frosti · Guest

cheers i think i might make one of those ladder traps, they look the go

flash · Guest

frosti wrote: does anyone know how to trap indian minor birds or starlings , they are a big pest at my place and i have been trying to reduce numbers by shooting but its making no impact on numbers.

bow a harris or red out on your lawn mate, then see how many come to visit :icon_lol2:

frosti · Guest

i would like to but we cant keep birds like that over here, they are all protected :icon_angry: but i have seen a big brown hawk catching the minor birds in full flight on a number of times.

wife · Guest

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