Hi Keith
this makes sense of the dead magpie in our yard which seemed in good
condition. we don't use poisons for the mice but others do. Our house is
currently mouse proof but when they did get in previously we used a mouse
trap which caught them alive and released them.
Gary
On 29 May 2011 17:31, K W Stockwell <> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Southern (Riverina) NSW and northern Victoria is currently experiencing a
> mice plague. The plague is of major concern to grain farmers. Many recently
> sown crops are very patchy because mice have eaten much of the planted seed.
>
> Some farmers are mixing poison with grain and spreading the toxic mix on
> paddocks to kill mice.
>
> Unfortunately, the toxic mix is also killing both seed-eating birds such as
> Galahs and birds which predate on mice, including Barn Owls, Falcons and
> Magpies.
>
> It is not only in the countryside that bird deaths are being observed. Even
> here in the town there have been reports of dead Ravens and Magpies.
>
> The spreading of poison is another blow to our local birds, following years
> of drought and the impact of chemicals used to help combat a locust plague.
>
> Let's hope that better ways are used to help combat the present plague
> which frosty nights and birds might eventually alleviate.
>
> Keith Stockwell
> Echuca-Moama
>
>
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