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Hi,
Myna Birds (Acridotheres tristis) are huge pest in our area.
They chase away native birds and I have also heard they take over native bird nest sites.
Has anyone tried trapping then with a PG Trap, see this you tube video about them
https://youtu.be/y75LuN2mTUo
If you have trapped them, what did you have success with in catching them?
Thanks…Gary
Apart from lead, the only effective response for Mynas i was able to use was Alphachloralose
https://tinyurl.com/y8o3x678
It works until the rest of the gang catch on then forget it....back to lead.
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They are very intelligent birds, intelligent enough to disappear upon sight of an air rifle if they've been shot at before. I've not come across anyone who's successfully trapped any.
Took me a year. They don't come any where near us now. I was filling a 20 litre bucket daily Results = Herons on the pond yearly .Tuis pop in for a couple of weeks as well. Around now .
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Yes, me neither. I will make a trap and report back if it works. They seem to have lots of luck in Oz with trapping them...GaryQuote:
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What did you do happy, shoot or trap them?...Thanks...GaryQuote:
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Shot them with a .17 calQuote:
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Well I have built a PG Trap and so far I have caught two
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Interesting.
We have a wide range of resident birds, particularly tuis, kereru, welcome swallows, yellowhammers, sparrows, kotare, Californian quails, blackbirds & thrushes, piwakawaka, chaffinch, pheasants, pukekos, silvereyes... others... and mynas, starlings and magpies.
The most recent arrival is the Australian Eastern Rosella, which are rapidly breeding up into quite significant flocks, and everything I have read about this suggests they will soon be given pest status by Environment Waikato. (I believe they are already a pest in greater Auckland.) We saw them for the very first time in the valley where we hunt in western Ruapehu this past Christmas.
The only bird that I actively prosecute is the magpie as to be honest I’ve never really been bothered by the mynas, and they don’t appear to have any effect on the prospects of other bird species, on our block at least. They are quite irritating though, at 4.30 a.m. in summer. I have watched a magpie raiding nests in our one small native plantation in the garden, and stealing tui hatchlings, which at the time made me very cross (and I didn’t realise how rare it is to actually observe that). But the mynas seem to hang out with the other species without too many problems, going by the prolific numbers of other birds at least.
Just my observations on our property and I fully understand that elsewhere mynas are excessive and need to be thinned out.
A loaf of bread soaked in water so they can't steal it to quick and a grunty air rifle sorts them out. When I was a young fella in Auckland many a myna and hour was spent shooting them this way. They do wise up pretty quick though.
I found aiming an inch or two above them helped. Pretty sure they could hear the spring releasing. Switched to aiming high and got better success. Grunty air rifle and rural setting helped. Air pistol works better in suburbia as chances of over shooting are slim to none. If you keep at them consistently they'll move somewhere life's easier.Quote:
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Evil little shits. It was open slaver on them when i was in Kumeu a they eat the fruit, strip the leaves, chew the bark and nibble through branches of fuit trees.Quote:
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.22 was effective and once to my delight I got two at once with one 12 gauge.
WELL WELL...... A new hybrid Myna, wingless and prickly.........what ever next. :>)Quote:
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Well, nothing has changed, their numbers have increased in the area and they make a right mess in the mornings ugh.Quote:
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I've got a few now in a cage trap. It took maybe a couple of weeks of baiting before a couple finally got in there. If I was more organised i'd keep one to try as a calling bird. Persevere and you should get a few in there eventually. I think once you get one a decoy bird would quickly up the catch rate.
you can call them with an app on android Australia game and pest calls works alright haven't tried it for long but attracts them
I used to bait them with whole pieces of stale bread that were hard as a rock. All they could do was peck at them but they could not fly away with the bread so they presented a great target for the air rifle.
Hi All,
Update on the PG Trap, finally caught the first Myna Bird Yesterday.
Also caught two black birds and a thrush (Both released) over the last week.
So the trap does work, just need to work on a bait that won't attract other birds.
I hear dried red cat food is better, but still unable to find any that is red. If any one knows of a brand that sell red dry food, please reply.
See ya...Gary
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ssshhh. jacinda will blame global warming and tax itQuote:
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TVP "bacon bits" seem to work on most bird species, or cut up "beggin strips"Quote:
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I had reasonable success myna trapping, but best if more people were doing it of course. I caught 1000, but they just kept coming even though I never saw more than about 20 at a time.
- I got the super cheap white sandwich bread loaves from Woolworths and created a U shaped peg to pin about 4-5 slices in the middle of the first cage.
- Brown bread was no good. Cat biscuits were laughed at.
- Only tend to your trap in hours of darkness or they will catch on. I just went out after sunset and reloaded.
- I put a corflute roof on and added a water bottle.
- Best done in winter when cold, wet & windy.
- Max catch was 29 in one trap in one day, but varied wildly with 5-11 being a common catch.
- Scatter a small amount of white bread outside to get your first birds interested.
- I'd say put the trap close to some tree branches to deter hawks which can get interested and scare the mynas off.
- Once you have your first bird, you're on the gravy train. Always keep a decoy bird after each cull.
- I live on an orchard and the flock in on windy days. Windy and cold days were best for me. They're hungry in the cold.
- Sometimes caught sparrows, but they nest on our buildings, so not a fan. Very rare to catch anything else.
Pretty awesome traps really as they are quite species specific. I just need a way to automate the culling each night!
Cam
What is the shape of your trap? Do you have plan or a picture?
We have a big problem with sparrows at the moment nd need to cull a good number of them
I have to ask....why did you release blackbirds and a thrush?.Quote:
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They are 'rats with wings' and I spend a fair bit of time over spring keeping the bastards from nesting under my roof every year.
