ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
 

hello.
having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
and mizuna. isn't that nice?!

wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
those types of methods?

my only idea was to perhaps use bottles to cover the small things, a bit of
net over the bigger things, and just wait them out as they will be down at
the dam breeding soon & i expect they'll back off then. i'm really NOT into
covering any more since i had to net off when we had wallabies - i'm
convinced the netting caused disease because the insect-eating birds could
not get near them - but don't know what else to do.

thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.
kylie (the wildlife has us under siege!!!!)
p.s. the household is not armed - so no point suggesting that! believe me,
if we were, we'd be having canard à l'orange every night, and loving it)

ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
 

0tterbot wrote:
hello.
having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
and mizuna. isn't that nice?!

wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
those types of methods?

my only idea was to perhaps use bottles to cover the small things, a bit of
net over the bigger things, and just wait them out as they will be down at
the dam breeding soon & i expect they'll back off then. i'm really NOT into
covering any more since i had to net off when we had wallabies - i'm
convinced the netting caused disease because the insect-eating birds could
not get near them - but don't know what else to do.

thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.
kylie (the wildlife has us under siege!!!!)
p.s. the household is not armed - so no point suggesting that! believe me,
if we were, we'd be having canard à l'orange every night, and loving it)



A while ago, a poster solved a problem with visiting Brush Turkeys by
leaving a few large toy rubber snakes around her yard. Apparently, the
turkeys were afraid of the snakes and chose to forage elsewhere. I've
also heard that hanging a large cutout of the silhouette of a Peregrine
Falcon will keep wild birds out of a garden, but I don't know how well
that works.

ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
 

"0tterbot" wrote in message
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hello.
having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
and mizuna. isn't that nice?!

wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
those types of methods?


One pair? I have up to 40 wood ducks at a time strutting up and down the
paddock and into the garden. So far they haven't done any damage.

As for what to do - get a Kelpie. The one that I have knows that ducks are
OK but commorants (fish thieves) are not. You could easily tell him ducks are
not welcome and commorants are OK.

David

ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
 

0tterbot wrote:
hello.
having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
and mizuna. isn't that nice?!

wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
those types of methods?

my only idea was to perhaps use bottles to cover the small things, a bit of
net over the bigger things, and just wait them out as they will be down at
the dam breeding soon & i expect they'll back off then. i'm really NOT into
covering any more since i had to net off when we had wallabies - i'm
convinced the netting caused disease because the insect-eating birds could
not get near them - but don't know what else to do.

thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.
kylie (the wildlife has us under siege!!!!)
p.s. the household is not armed - so no point suggesting that! believe me,
if we were, we'd be having canard à l'orange every night, and loving it)


Dogs

ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
 

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:20:03 +1000, Jon wrote:


thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.

No experience with ducks.

Basically,what we did with the local black birds was to pick up cheap
netting and string it up in their flight paths, aka the emergency exit
from our garden flight path. Then you frighten them a few times and they
decide elsewhere is safer and better.

I also have a supply of throwing sticks that I can whirr through the air.
No chance of me hitting them (lousy arm now), but they don't know that.

The problem with hanging Cd's is that many birds can quickly become
accustomed to them, but worth a try.

We have a number of ducks and used to let the have free roam of the garden, however they will eat anything and they do even frogs and fish. We have now given them their own area, however wild ducks are a different kettle of fish!! you may have to use a similar idea as a fruit cage to protect your crops.

kathryn

www.carreglefn-nurseries.co.uk

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"Trish Brown" wrote in message
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A while ago, a poster solved a problem with visiting Brush Turkeys by
leaving a few large toy rubber snakes around her yard. Apparently, the
turkeys were afraid of the snakes and chose to forage elsewhere. I've also
heard that hanging a large cutout of the silhouette of a Peregrine Falcon
will keep wild birds out of a garden, but I don't know how well that
works.

i might see if number two son might let me borrow some of his rubber snakes!
not sure if ducks are as dim as brush turkeys. we will see!

thanks trish.
kylie

ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
 

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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"0tterbot" wrote in message
...
hello.
having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese
vegetables
and mizuna. isn't that nice?!

wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they
afraid
of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any
of
those types of methods?


One pair?

no, several pairs & increasing! (fwiw).

I have up to 40 wood ducks at a time strutting up and down the
paddock and into the garden. So far they haven't done any damage.

As for what to do - get a Kelpie. The one that I have knows that ducks
are
OK but commorants (fish thieves) are not. You could easily tell him ducks
are
not welcome and commorants are OK.

on this particular matter, my damn dog is letting me down badly! i'm leaving
the gate open (during the day) to encourage him. i will persist!

the wildlife just knows when he's not around, though. (sigh!)
thanks david.

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"terryc" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:20:03 +1000, Jon wrote:


thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.

No experience with ducks.

Basically,what we did with the local black birds was to pick up cheap
netting and string it up in their flight paths, aka the emergency exit
from our garden flight path. Then you frighten them a few times and they
decide elsewhere is safer and better.

I also have a supply of throwing sticks that I can whirr through the air.
No chance of me hitting them (lousy arm now), but they don't know that.

i have fun with that :-)

The problem with hanging Cd's is that many birds can quickly become
accustomed to them, but worth a try.

i was a bit concerned it would keep them ALL away though. even though i
haven't the first idea if it works on ANY of them, anyway!
thanks terry.
kyile

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0tterbot wrote:
"terryc" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:20:03 +1000, Jon wrote:


thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.
No experience with ducks.

Basically,what we did with the local black birds was to pick up cheap
netting and string it up in their flight paths, aka the emergency exit
from our garden flight path. Then you frighten them a few times and they
decide elsewhere is safer and better.

I also have a supply of throwing sticks that I can whirr through the air.
No chance of me hitting them (lousy arm now), but they don't know that.

i have fun with that :-)

The problem with hanging Cd's is that many birds can quickly become
accustomed to them, but worth a try.

i was a bit concerned it would keep them ALL away though. even though i
haven't the first idea if it works on ANY of them, anyway!
thanks terry.
kyile


Its a good way to recycle CD's
Make sure they're lousy songs.
They would surely keep me away.
Actually, must go through my collection and see what I have that could
do the job...
Hanging the singers would also send a message, though I'm sure thats
illeagle thats a sick bird...
Throwing sticks? We used shanghais in my day. Couldnt miss.
Every kid would have one hanging out of his pocket.
Wouldn't have had this problem with Indian Mynas if they were still
allowed to have them, and the window people would have increased
business too.

ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
 

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:34:07 +0000, 0tterbot wrote:


i was a bit concerned it would keep them ALL away though. even though i
haven't the first idea if it works on ANY of them, anyway!
thanks terry.

The best use I've found for the spent CDs is to spray paint them and hang
them on outside trees asxmas decorations. {:-).


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