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Vindictive Grey Butcherbird

To: "'Donald G. Kimball'" <>
Subject: Vindictive Grey Butcherbird
From: "Richard Nowotny" <>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:45:09 +1000
Hi Don. What a great proposal!

But I'm fascinated to know what a complex solution would look like if this
is the simple solution (J).

Regards. Richard

 

 

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Donald G. Kimball
Sent: Tuesday, 25 September 2018 11:50 AM
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Subject: Vindictive Grey Butcherbird

 

This can be totally changed by one word.  Liver.  It's this simple.  Take

cow liver and using a super sharp small knife cut into half inch squares.

Wrap each square in wax paper or small pieces of plastic wrap.  For example

thirty of them will make a lot of treats. Freeze the squares.  Each day

place a few squares in a plastic bag and put inside a day pack or other

portable pack.  When the gentleman approaches the area.  Whistle a specific

tune when walking/riding a bike in the area.  Once the butcherbird appears

talk in a soft voice but avoid eye contact.  Drop piece of liver and move

away.  Repeat daily.  The result?  One butcherbird that can hardly wait for

your friend to show up with that whistle.  I have used raw liver as a food

for a variety of creatures and it's like ambrosia to many.  Hope that helps

and this is a serious suggestion.

 

Don K

 

 

On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:14 PM Julie Neumann via Birding-Aus <

> wrote:

 

> A friend who works as a GA in a school yard is having trouble with a

> vicious Grey Butcherbird. It seems to be intent on attacking him even

> though he wears a hat and long sleeves. He comes home bloodied each day.

> The attacks also happened  last year but were not as ferocious. Does
anyone

> have a solution other than eliminating the bird?

> Julie Neumann

> 0247393063preferred. 0429130679

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