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sticky traps and birds
Hi all
Sorry if this is blindingly obvious but here goes... I've cut up yellow sticky traps to smaller pieces, fixed them on plant labels and pushed them into various pots around the greenhouse. Last week I out some trays of pots out to harden off. We popped out for a bit and when we came back I was amused to see a coal tit pecking insects off one of the sticky traps - and then realised it wasn't, it was pecking to try and get free. It had become stuck by a leg and a wing. I was able to free it easily enough, and despite having a primary feather damaged it seemed to be OK if a bit stunned, but if we'd been out for longer or one of the many local cats had got to it it wouldn't have been. So I've learnt a lesson - hope someone finds it useful too. Michael S |
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sticky traps and birds
Sorry, got sent twice by accident...
"Michael Savage" wrote in message .. . Hi all Sorry if this is blindingly obvious but here goes... I've cut up yellow sticky traps to smaller pieces, fixed them on plant labels and pushed them into various pots around the greenhouse. Last week I out some trays of pots out to harden off. We popped out for a bit and when we came back I was amused to see a coal tit pecking insects off one of the sticky traps - and then realised it wasn't, it was pecking to try and get free. It had become stuck by a leg and a wing. I was able to free it easily enough, and despite having a primary feather damaged it seemed to be OK if a bit stunned, but if we'd been out for longer or one of the many local cats had got to it it wouldn't have been. So I've learnt a lesson - hope someone finds it useful too. Michael S |
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