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unwelcome living room visitor

To: Terry Bishop <>, Birding Aus <>
Subject: unwelcome living room visitor
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:59:15 +0930
At home we use nets as well.  I've a cast net - very handy for tossing over
quail (when we had them).

A couple of years ago while visiting a close friend, Christine, I was called
upon by her partner, Bryce, to help capture a Lewin's Honeyeater that was
flying around one of the bedrooms.  Seeing he'd been so nice to me (washing
and ironing my sweaty travel clothes), how could I refuse!

We managed to herd it into a bathroom and caught it with a towel.
Denise


on 14/10/08 2:54 PM, Terry Bishop at  wrote:

> I have both a large fish net and a butterfly net for such occasions. Many
> birds fly into our sunroom at the back and try to escape through the large
> window getting trapped behind the lounges.
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: Arwen B. Ximenes
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> Date: 13/10/2008 2:03:46 PM
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] unwelcome living room visitor
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> Hi all,
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> Here's my story of how I got rid of one this morning.
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> I was running late due to a stubborn toddler this morning (as all mornings)
> and was mid bag gathering when a dark shape flitted across my peripheral
> vision and there was an almighty WUMP on our living room window. Spinning
> round I see a magpie flying away from the window - towards us! After
> screaming, the panic set in and after that the toddler was eliminated from
> the room (relatively gently) and front door opened. But now what? Magpie
> alternating escape attempts between both living room windows and kitchen
> window which had all been cleaned on the weekend for the first time ever -
> ah! - ok, shut blinds. Magpie caught between stereo and wall - beak open,
> panting in its own panic. Looks fine, no broken leg or injured wing yet from
> what I can tell. Right, now for desperate measures - move speaker, shoo
> maggie out, hold up blanket as high as possible and pretend to be moving
> wall. WOW, IT WORKS!! Maggie out the door in no time. I'm sure you all could
> have told me that but when you've got a magpie whirling round your house it
> s hard to think straight. It probably got at least 10 hits into windows and
> looked very stressed - I'm hoping it'll be fine and won't die from shock. It
> had been hanging around yesterday - it behaved like a young one and was a
> bit thin but had adult plumage. I don't think it'll be coming back to visit.
> And the miracle is - nothing was broken, not a paper out of place, nor a
> trace of bird poo behind the stereo - or anywhere else. PHEW - but I'd still
> rather do my birding outdoors. Moral to the story - don't leave any doors
> open and don't clean windows.
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> Anyone else have any similar experiences and can share tactics? (Please no
> snake stories, I want to sleep tonight!!)
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> Cheers,
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> Arwen
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> ......................................... Arwen Blackwood Ximenes
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> Lawson, Blue Mountains, 
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