"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

I have quite a few birdhouse gourd seeds on hand if you want
some?

Thanks for the generous offer Om. Are you in Australia? If not
then
I must sadly decline due to quarantine concerns. However, I'm
sure
that the problem isn't breeding, we have lots odfine leaved shrubs
and
bushes and each year we have babies. It's just that the sodding
Currawongs are such efficient and effective killers.

Don't think I've never sent seeds to Australia. ;-)
One just has to have the "knack" if you know what I mean.

I know it has been done but as I live on a farm and we derive part of
our income from the land, I'm very conscious of the quarantine laws.
I'd never do anything to contravene them. In fact I will vote against
any government who tries to endanger our environment by chanhing our
import laws as a result of sodding globalisation. Thanks again Om but
since Teryc gave a site for them in Aus, I know I'll be able to get
them locally. It's a good firm and I've used them before.

Of course, you can use just about any gourd, or build some small
bird
houses. It's just that the gourds are convenient and easy, and fast.

How do you make the nest?

One
of my most valuable items is time it seems! Hence the "pop up"
greenhouses I have. Spent maybe 1 hour max erecting each one and
putting
in the shelving.

Now that too sounds interesting. What is it and how do you make them.

We went away for 3 days and when we came back we both noticed how
much
the small bird population had dropped. We keep an eye on the
Currawongs when we are here and "discourage" them for being
aroudn.

Are you allowed to own an air rifle? Around here, those are not
classified as a firearm.

I've got a gun licence and guns so that isn't a problem. I suspect
that shooting Currawongs isn't allowed and a lead slug just makes then
squark but............

Squirrel is delicious. Can't help but wonder the same about
Currawongs?

Some of the real old timers round here have eaten just about anything
(like crows) but I've not heard of them eating currawongs. They'd
probably be most like a crow in taste and size. I think I'll stick to
real meat :-))