Battle of the Mynah birds
I READ in the local forum that there was this ‘You Beauty’ Mynah bird trap that could catch up to a dozen birds at a time.
Since these pests have in the barbeque area where Reg feeds the dogs, stealing food and pooping copiously everywhere, I thought why not?
The method of disposal of the said trapped birds bothered me. Bird lovers, (who could possibly love these rats with wings is beyond me) insisted their demise should be humane and a large plastic bag and the car exhaust seemed to be the possible solution offered.
Anyway, I need not have bothered spending $100 (plus postage). My husband unwrapped the creation made of cage wire, with a trap door complete with a mirror inside designed to fool the errant birds into thinking there was company in there.
My husband looked at me and sighed. I had to agree, and so it seems, did they.
Round one – Fran nil, Mynah birds one.
But, being of stern stuff, I didn’t give up. I heard that smaller birds are scared of owls, and that you could buy fake ones to deter them, and I happened across one for the princely price of just $10.99 (batteries not included). It was made of plastic, painted grey, and activated by movement! The directions said, ‘its beady little eyes would light up and it would even hoot when it detected movement.’
So, home it came, batteries were inserted, and it was perched on the outdoor bench most popular with the birds. Elizabeth, the Jack Russell does not like birds at all and she was enraged and spent half an hour leaping up and down trying to kill the owl, which of course made it flash and hoot even more. It was bedlam.
So, I moved it to a gate post. I didn’t realise birds could do U-turns in mid-air. The floor is clean, there’s no bird poop on the gate and I am not having to hide bird corpses in the garbage collection.
Battle of the Mynah Birds.
Round two – Fran (plus plastic owl one, Mynah birds one.
