Hello to all the Twiddlers and Tweakers,
At the risk of
seeming tedious,I also found the Audubon caller useless.....However to
reiterate,get a small piece of glass or mirrors,the scrap bin of a glazier
will provide half a tonne of suitable cullett.....cut or get them to cut a
small piece say 40 mm X 25mm one and a half inches by one inch smooth the
edges,and corners on a bit of Sand Paper or a brick.....get a small piece of
polystyrene packing say 20 mm cube,three quarters of an inch...moisten glass
with saliva...strike a corner of the little cube on the mirror,by moving the
cube around even breaking a small piece off with the finger nail,a rather
satisfying chip chip chip can be produced imagine you are striking a
match....now it does not work all the time,but in spring in reasonable cover
it will,you are actually providing a call similar to the alarm call of the
Yellow Robin,the Forest Busy Body,having a strong sense of social
justice...with a little patience in thick cover one may often be surprised
with what comes out of the Woodwork.... Now the very cognicenti in this game
will have a taped call.....Many years ago I noted the remarkable number of
birds that came to the call of an angry Yellow Robin trapped in a mist net,I
recorded this call and it really sucks them in....In spring the call of the
Fan Tail,or Pallid Cuckoo is also effective....Good Tweaking...Terry
Gourlay.
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