I seem to remember someone building a wire cage around a sunbird nest where the
holes were big enough for the sunbirds to get through but too small for the
predators. The nest was hanging on someon's verandah and I believe the cage
was was hung from a beam or the ceiling above the nest, enclosing the nest.
Regards,
Tania
>>> "inger vandyke" <> 12/05/06 8:53 >>>
Hi All,
Just a quick query to mine your collective knowledge.
My parents in Cairns have had regularly nesting Sunbirds around their house.
My mother told me that they've been flying around again looking for a
suitable nesting spot. My parents, over the years, have co-parented many
sunbird chicks that have nested in their house by sheltering them from
predators and keeping anything from disturbing them.
They have a problem now though. Black Butcherbirds are in their
neighbourhood and they tend to raid the Sunbird nest for chicks. They are
very cunning, fast and seem to appear out of nowhere. My mother now sits
and paints outside to keep an eye on their Sunbird nest until the adults get
their chicks out so she can scare the Butcherbirds away. This is a bit
restricting though.
Do any of you have any suggestions to scare off butcherbirds but not
sunbirds so my mother isn't housebound while they raise their chicks?
It's an interesting dilemma because you would think a picture of a raptor
like bird on the window would also scare the sunbirds.
Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Inger
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