Jacqui & Rob wrote:
>
> They can be quite dangerous to use as Scrubwrens and Brown Thornbills
> seem to want to charge straight out at you, so keep your wits about
> you. Fancy being threatened by such small species!! BOCA certainly
> discourages overuse of them to avoid distress to birds.
>
> Does anyone know what to do to regain the squeak when all the resin is
> used up ???
>
> Jacqui Sheppard
>
> -Mine ran out of squeak at Cocopara NP. I had of course lost the tiny tube of
> refill which came with the caller. I found some really dried out resin on a
> cypress-pine and crumbled it into the centre hollow. Worked well. I have also
> used resin from a radiata pine. It must be really dry, not sticky.
Alternately you could try mugging a violinist or some other classical
string-player..You don't need much at all.
Anthea Fleming
Ivanhoe Vic.
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