I have used cat and small dog pellets bought at any
supermarket. Yesterday it was My Dog with Prime Beef, specially prepared
for small dogs.
After putting the cage in place, I am careful to put a little
extra dirt or compost over the wire on the ground (in the entrance tunnels) so
that the birds are not walking on the wire. I try to choose a spot that
gets shade in the afternoon for obvious reasons.
From: Simon King [
Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 11:32 AM
To: Margaret Leggoe
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] One day's catch
Nice catch Margaret, I'm going
to start using the trap I recently got as i've started seeing some Mynas round
my place in Aranda. What pellets do you use for bait and where do you get
them?
Thanks,
Simon
On 4 February 2010 11:27, Margaret Leggoe <> wrote:
This
is my submission for inclusion in the McHandke book of records.
This
was really interesting. I had seen very few Indian Mynas for several
weeks, and for a time had stopped baiting the trap. A few days ago I
moved the trap and put some pellets in it, not expecting to catch much.
Even then, I did not see any more Mynas than before. This lot appeared
from “nowhere”. My guess is they were moving on at the end of
breeding, and just dropped in for a feed en route.
Margaret Leggoe
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