Indian myna birds,

[doug the slug]

Are telescopic sights on a 12 gauge illegal?

If you need telescopic sights on a 12 gauge you have serious problems

[Schtoo]

Optics on a shotty? No, but rifle sights are useful...

Pity, the last time I checked, slugs were a dollar a pop.

And a Myna recipe.

Myna surprise.

Place lots of nice food for birds on the ground. Something suitable like breadcrumbs, peas and herbs.

Run a small hose from your barbie gas bottle to where the food is.

When the birds come down to eat the stuffing... err... bait, turn on the gas and throw a lit match.

Surprise!

One, nicely incinerated, stuffed small game bird ready for the cat (or dog) next door. Serves one, two or worms, depending on how heavy handed you are with the gas.

(psst, a .270 is great for these imported PITAs. No evidence, no crime, right?)

[E. maculata]

(psst, a .270 is great for these imported PITAs. No evidence, no crime, right?)

That's the go,
Then after we've decimated the myna problem with .270s, then we'll break out the H&K .475 for the bunnies

[Wood Borer]

Perhaps a liberal coat of MFKL on the right parts might stop them breeding up. Driver would be the best to advise you on the correct dilution and preferred methods of application for effective treatment. I understand Ozwinner has experimented with the product also.

The trouble with eliminating the ones from your backyard is that you are making room for others to move in. Unless you eliminate all the Indian Myna's from Sydney and surrounding areas you will continue to have the problem.

Perhaps think about creating an environment in your backyard that is hostile to Indian Myna's but paradise to native birds might be a strategy worth pursuing. Something along the lines of Cliff's suggestion.

[custos]

Rat Traps

Thats worked well here for my neighbour on starlings . He baited them with worms .

I've use rat traps with good effect, especially on starlings but also mynahs. I baited them with glazed cherries (although you have to tie the cherries on with cotton, the buggers will get them off otherwise).

[craigb]

They also don't like curawongs. (sp?)

I'm not sure how you attract them, we just have them.

Yeah. Currawongs are bastards, but at least they are native bastards.

Plus they have a nice song. About their only redeeming feature imo (apart from detering Indian Mynah's that is )

[oges]

A few months ago read an article where a Central Coast guy developed a humane trap that apparently only trapped the myna birds. All the tree huggers got stuck into him saying these birds had every right to exist and I havent heard anymore about it.

He probably sells the plans on the side, but I dont remember what his name was.

But its probably a slow process like the humane way of freezing cane toads to kill them rather than golf clubs, only thing is nobody really wants them in their freezer and you can only do some many at a time .. and the population has probably doubled whilst you are fussing around doing it the nice way.

[ozwinner]

Let Google be your friend.


Al

[Christopha]

Not trying to hijack the forum, around here Indian Mynahs are a bit rare.... solution 22 sorted them out in our garden.... but bloody feral moggies aren't so does anyone have asurefire bait for bloody cats so I can entice the itlle furry darlings into my pussy relocating equipment?????

[RETIRED]

Solution .22 you mean, don't you Chris?

[echnidna]

Not trying to hijack the forum, around here Indian Mynahs are a bit rare.... solution 22 sorted them out in our garden.... but bloody feral moggies aren't so does anyone have asurefire bait for bloody cats so I can entice the itlle furry darlings into my pussy relocating equipment?????

My old man used to keep all the toadfish he caught.
H'd boil them in an old tin can then leave them out.
We never had a cat problem after a nice cooked fish dinner.

[Christopha]

Interesting Bob, I am good at catching the things to...... big game toady catcher, that's me! might have too try that one.... does it work on bloody seagulls too?

[echnidna]

He told me that a cat can throw up an ordinary bait but cooking the toadies gets into their system before they can do that.

[Trav]

Sorry to go back on topic but the best way to get rid of Mynah's is to work out where they are nesting. We had a stack around our place and they were entering the house through an overhanging gap in the tiles. I jumped up on the roof and stuck a bit og rolled up chicken wire in the hole and stopped the little ba$tards from getting back in. Just make sure that they are all out first :eek: otherwise it will stink eventually.

Attracting the local birds will stop them coming back.

Trav
official thread re-jacker

[Auld Bassoon]

I wasn't the projectiles that I was thinking about - it was the sight of a disintegrating Mynah
Cheers!