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One for the SXOC nature lovers here...
We have a Blackbird nest in our back garden and have been watching them for weeks build the nest then lay eggs then hatch them out.
Just had a call from the missus saying that she saw a Magpie take one of the chicks - she managed to stop it getting taken, now we have an injured chick in the garden.
Question is, how do I get rid of Magpies as I don't want this to happen again.
Angry Paul
28-04-2004, 16:31
Shotgun...
Hmmm, there's a plan. Can you roast a Magpie? :smash:
A high powered air rifle, or a nifty cat! ;)
or a nifty cat! ;)
make sure though you teach the cat not to eat the blackbirds or their chicks.
You could install a family of Crows ? .............. Personally I would do nothing, your fecking with nature, let it be ...... by killing the magpies, you are saving the blackbirds ..... but killing the pies ? ..... Who are you to say that a blackbirds life is more important than a Magpies. ?
Because 'Blackbird' just sounds cooler than 'Magpie'? :p
Because 'Blackbird' just sounds cooler than 'Magpie'? :p
Yeah, but Blackbirds are a dull black colour with orange beaks. ... Magpies are a beautiful black white patterened with titaniam blue fleks in the chest ... and they are as hard as fcuk in the bird world when it comes to a fight.
Basically if birds were cars, The magpie would be a silvia ... sounds :ghey: but is :cool: .. and the blackbird would we a Lambo murgasdgfhahgf ... sounds cool, but just a little bit dissapointing :nod:
Er, yeah, thanks for the help guys :wack:
only male (Turdus merula) blackbirds are black with orange beak
http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/assetPictures/130277a001_j2.jpg
female blackbird are more brown - yellow beak
http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/assetPictures/130277a002_j2.jpg
and in america u get a red winged blackbird - go faster strips :wack:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/MPR_073102_100039_S.jpg
Marmite, that'll get rid of them :thumbs:
Turdus merula
Well that name sais it all ....... no wonder its more commonly called the black bird ....... I can only imagine what its like in the bird watchers circle. ... "oooh Dave I saw a lovely Turd' today, had a red stripe in it" :eek: ;)
Well that name sais it all ....... no wonder its more commonly called the black bird ....... I can only imagine what its like in the bird watchers circle. ... "oooh Dave I saw a lovely Turd' today, had a red stripe in it" :eek: ;)
roflmao
I only found that out looking for pictures to show - luckily my irish farmer daddy - well in his younger days taught me most of what i know about wildlife - seems ur male birds are mainly the more colourful ones
Erm, just leave them all alone, its called natural selection :rolleyes:
Aye i agree
Leave nature to itself - its us humans that have created half the problems within wildlife
Baby chicks will be getting eaten here there and everywhere at this time of year. Same with lambs etc. Natural balance and we shouldn't interfer
Same with lambs etc.
Magpies eat baby lambs :eek:
MeLLoN Stu
28-04-2004, 17:11
Hmmm, there's a plan. Can you roast a Magpie? :smash:
not if your chelsea :D
waits for ken to see this :D
Magpies eat baby lambs :eek:
fecking big magpies :indiff:
or is it fecking small lambs :wack:
Oy Fiesty, NO
Thats twice we have agreed on something :wack: :p
shoot one then hang it up in a tree (or get a decoy) this will attract its mate, then shoot that :eek:. Or get a Larling trap (i think) Farmers know all about them.
shoot one
Or an alternative to killing animals to save them :-
This is the perfect excuse to buy some more bling for your car ... chromed battery covers, sills rocker covers ... install them and leave the bonnet open .... the pies will spend all there time looking at your shiney bits they will forget about there duty to eat chicks. :thumbs:
200sxcraig200sx
28-04-2004, 17:33
If Only .... if Only :smash:
Come on Sunderland ....... :notworthy
s13silvia
28-04-2004, 17:41
yeh, conservation of manimals n birds is the best bet... failing that, get one huge ass flamethrower muh hahaha..or terminator-stylee chain machine gun... then there be no more blackturd's (rhymes wi blackbird see) left to annoy ya. hehe..... shit, my mate would so hammer me for even suggestin tht, hes big and a bird fan... y not make ur garden etc. a little less favourable for them and sneak into neighbours garen n make them a little more favourable.... im not quite sure how, jus leave food scraps over there garden hehe..... nah i quite like birds masel, used to hav em all come rite into our kitchen for food in the last house hehe ... surreal
What are the laws regarding firing an airgun? As a kid I had one in somerset and thought nothing of shooting it at pretty much anything... now I'm a bit more grown up and living in a town I don't feel I can really get it out and start shooting...
Remove all forms of alcohol (especially Newcastle Brown Ale "Dog"), tell them all to move down to the bar and drink up and last but not least say something along the lines of "howay man the kebab shop is shuttin in lyke 10 minites, yi gaana be buggad if yi clammin lyke kidda!"
Well it works on me anyway ;) :nod:
Or was it the feathered type you where talking about?
If so no fecking idea ! :no:
manic_mechanic
29-04-2004, 13:04
Aye i agree
Leave nature to itself - its us humans that have created half the problems within wildlife
Baby chicks will be getting eaten here there and everywhere at this time of year. Same with lambs etc. Natural balance and we shouldn't interfer
We already have interfered, and created an artificial habitat that favours magpies and other corvids over songbirds............... :(
blast the evil satan-loving witches familiars!
You'll need to be good tho - they're extremely clever :nod:
I believe they are called daisy cutters, or...
1 sack of ammonium nitrate fertiliser and about 10 gallons of diesel fuel - aluminium powder is good for effect too..
Or.. just pretend you are having problems with insurgents protesting about being invaded by occupating forces "liberating" you and telling you how to live your life.
You might find AC130 Spectres patrolling your neighbourhood on the lookout for animals masquerading as homing pigeons / food sources / the resistance.
If that doesnt root them out, then A1 Abrams can be sent it - if they are particularly stubborn....
buy an airsoft gun :)
they won't kill the bird
but you'll certainly scare them away :D
repeat as necessary.
Martblusx
29-04-2004, 15:48
I've got a pair of these buggers nesting in the tree in my garden, they have sh!t all over the lawn killing patches of it and they generally scare of all the other birds.
I've borrowed an air rifle, but they are cagey animals. I can aim out of the velux window in my bedroom at the tree where they nest and the distance if about 50ft. I've only had one good chance to shoot one of them, but missed and scared it, now the bird wont land in the tree if it can see me peering through the gap in the window, so yes they are clever.
I read somewhere that you need to be completely hidden to shoot one because they are always on the lookout
Mike Martin
29-04-2004, 16:38
Just leave it alone, go here it will help you to understand:
Are Magpies Really Murderers ? (http://www.essexwt.org.uk/Leaflets/magpies.htm)
Mike
:thumbs: Mike :thumbs:
People just need educating to these things to have a greater understanding.
Leave them alone. Natural selection and all that.
I've got a pair of these buggers nesting in the tree in my garden, they have sh!t all over the lawn killing patches of it and they generally scare of all the other birds.
I've borrowed an air rifle, but they are cagey animals. I can aim out of the velux window in my bedroom at the tree where they nest and the distance if about 50ft. I've only had one good chance to shoot one of them, but missed and scared it, now the bird wont land in the tree if it can see me peering through the gap in the window, so yes they are clever.
I read somewhere that you need to be completely hidden to shoot one because they are always on the lookout
Magpies are probably the brighest birds of all.
Nad I seem to remember something about them attacking baby lambs...
manic_mechanic
29-04-2004, 16:49
Leave them alone. Natural selection and all that.
Magpies are probably the brighest birds of all.
Nad I seem to remember something about them attacking baby lambs...
I've seen them attempt it - they go for the eyes. Fortunately I own a Remington - and sheep with eyes
I've seen them attempt it - they go for the eyes. Fortunately I own a Remington - and sheep with eyes
you shave the magpies???
Or have you arms teh shep with cutting implements?
manic_mechanic
29-04-2004, 17:00
hmmmm :rolleyes:
lol!
Mike Martin
29-04-2004, 17:02
I've seen them attempt it - they go for the eyes. Fortunately I own a Remington - and sheep with eyes
I've seen a murder of Magpies (Yes it's a murder as Magpies are actually cool crows) take on an 8-man patrol on Salisbury Plain, it was touch and go until the sheep arrived to help out.
Mike
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