Thread: Trapping Myna Birds

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

Originally Posted by KiwiGary

Hi All,....................
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.........

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Originally Posted by Kiwi Sapper

WELL WELL...... A new hybrid Myna, wingless and prickly.........what ever next. :>)

ssshhh. jacinda will blame global warming and tax it

Originally Posted by KiwiGary

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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TVP "bacon bits" seem to work on most bird species, or cut up "beggin strips"

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

Originally Posted by KiwiGary

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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I have to ask....why did you release blackbirds and a thrush?.
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.