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I'm sitting here at my keyboard and gazed out the window.
A wild turkey just walked by - it seems they are becoming quite common after being released in the area a few years ago. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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Bonnie Espenshade wrote: I'm sitting here at my keyboard and gazed out the window. A wild turkey just walked by - it seems they are becoming quite common after being released in the area a few years ago. -- oh man How Cool and all I get is sparows finches and quail John Rutz Z5 New Mexico If it can't be fixed with bailing wire or duct tape its not worth fixing see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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Yo! Turkey! Gobble! Some goldfinches are here today and snarfing down on thistle seed. k30a |
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I'm over run with Grackles this year. They have chased away
all the smaller birds like cardinals, mockingbirds, etc. They have nested in three trees and the wild grape vine :( Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "K30a" wrote in message ... Yo! Turkey! Gobble! Some goldfinches are here today and snarfing down on thistle seed. k30a |
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K30a wrote:
Yo! Turkey! Gobble! Some goldfinches are here today and snarfing down on thistle seed. k30a We have goldfinches year round. They can easily empty a thistle feeder in one day. This time of year they are just turning the bright yellow, in winter they are olive green. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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Nedra wrote:
I'm over run with Grackles this year. They have chased away all the smaller birds like cardinals, mockingbirds, etc. They have nested in three trees and the wild grape vine :( Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 I enjoy running out the door yelling "GRACKLES BE GONE!" -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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LOL -- Bonnie ... I'll have to try that trick.
Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message ... Nedra wrote: I'm over run with Grackles this year. They have chased away all the smaller birds like cardinals, mockingbirds, etc. They have nested in three trees and the wild grape vine :( Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 I enjoy running out the door yelling "GRACKLES BE GONE!" -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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"Bonnie Espenshade" wrote: Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? I enjoy running out the door yelling "GRACKLES BE GONE!" Bonnie: Unfortunately, yelling is about all you can do. They have displaced nearly every other bird and won't ever, ever, EVER go away. They're a good (or bad) example of an introduced species that muscled in on the existing ecosystem and expelled every competing species. I hope you're old enough to remember robins and jays and cardinals and mockingbirds and other such - they're becoming more and more rare and will never make a comeback as long as the grackles are here. Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== |
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MLF wrote: "Bonnie Espenshade" wrote: Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? I enjoy running out the door yelling "GRACKLES BE GONE!" Bonnie: Unfortunately, yelling is about all you can do. They have displaced nearly every other bird and won't ever, ever, EVER go away. They're a good (or bad) example of an introduced species that muscled in on the existing ecosystem and expelled every competing species. I hope you're old enough to remember robins and jays and cardinals and mockingbirds and other such - they're becoming more and more rare and will never make a comeback as long as the grackles are here. Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== one of the joys of living inn a small town is you CAN do weird things we had some grackles move into the trees near our truckstop several years ago when my son was still working there they tried shotguns for a month on the grackles we still have em even blowing them out of the trees didnt work---- I hope you can find out somthing to rid yourself of them they are a real pain -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico If it can't be fixed with bailing wire or duct tape its not worth fixing see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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I'm sitting here at my keyboard and gazed out the window.A wild turkey just
walked by - it seems they are becoming quite common after being released in the area a few yearsago. That's nothing....our easter dinner was interupted by the biggest most beautiful male peacock I have ever seen. We have a few wild ones in town, but we are several miles from there....He was fanning his tail so I guess there must have been a hen nearby, but we didn't see it. Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond |
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MLF, You paint a terrible picture for me! I have seen just a
few Grackles over the years, but this year they seem to have taken over. Does this mean the indigenous birds have literally taken flight? Cardinals, Mockers, Blue Jays, and such - does this mean they are gone for good? Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "MLF" wrote in message ... "Bonnie Espenshade" wrote: Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? I enjoy running out the door yelling "GRACKLES BE GONE!" Bonnie: Unfortunately, yelling is about all you can do. They have displaced nearly every other bird and won't ever, ever, EVER go away. They're a good (or bad) example of an introduced species that muscled in on the existing ecosystem and expelled every competing species. I hope you're old enough to remember robins and jays and cardinals and mockingbirds and other such - they're becoming more and more rare and will never make a comeback as long as the grackles are here. Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== |
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"Nedra" wrote: MLF, You paint a terrible picture for me! I have seen just a few Grackles over the years, but this year they seem to have taken over. Does this mean the indigenous birds have literally taken flight? Cardinals, Mockers, Blue Jays, and such - does this mean they are gone for good? Grackles (starlings) were introduced from England in 1890 into New York City by a complete moron named Eugene Schieffelin who wanted to introduce into America all the birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works. Since then, they have spread to all 50 states. They can lay 4-7 eggs twice a year, so they multiply like rabbits. Starlings also compete with native cavity-nesting birds such as bluebirds, flickers, woodpeckers, purple martins, bluebirds, and wood ducks for nest sites. One report showed that, where nest cavities were limited, starlings had severe impacts on other local native cavity-nesting species. So sadly, I think I'm right when I say that the birds of your youth may be few and far between from now on. Startlings collect in enormous flocks, spread disease, and drive away other birds. For a good explanation of the effect of this introduced species , have a look at: http://www.sewanee.edu/biology/cours...ntroduced.html http://wildlifedamage.unl.edu/handbo...F/bir_e109.pdf Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== |
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Not without getting rid of everything else. Do they roost in a tree
there? I got rid of my friend's problem grackles with a sports horn! On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:53:05 GMT, "Nedra" wrote: Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? |
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MLF wrote:
"Bonnie Espenshade" wrote: Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these stinkers? I enjoy running out the door yelling "GRACKLES BE GONE!" Bonnie: Unfortunately, yelling is about all you can do. They have displaced nearly every other bird and won't ever, ever, EVER go away. They're a good (or bad) example of an introduced species that muscled in on the existing ecosystem and expelled every competing species. I hope you're old enough to remember robins and jays and cardinals and mockingbirds and other such - they're becoming more and more rare and will never make a comeback as long as the grackles are here. Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== Hi Michael, I don't have to be very old to see any of the above mentioned birds, they are in my yard daily. Robins rule the backyard and the mockingbirds have the front. They barely tolerate each other. There are two nesting pairs of cardinals that have been around for several years. Bluebirds have become a very welcome visitors. I also have an assortment of sparrows, brown wrens, tufted titmouse, chickadees, morning doves, house finch, flickers, downy woodpeckers, red bellied woodpecker and juncos are here daily. Many other types visit occasionally. Come summer the varieties change but all are abundant. I have a feeders for many types of birds and shrubs and plants specifically put in to lure the birds. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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Jerrispond wrote:
I'm sitting here at my keyboard and gazed out the window.A wild turkey just walked by - it seems they are becoming quite common after being released in the area a few yearsago. That's nothing....our easter dinner was interupted by the biggest most beautiful male peacock I have ever seen. We have a few wild ones in town, but we are several miles from there....He was fanning his tail so I guess there must have been a hen nearby, but we didn't see it. Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond I would have enjoyed that, not to many of them around here. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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