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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:49:05 AM EDT
I need to start working on some starlings at our barn. Looking for a relatively cheap but accurate pellet rifle w/ a scope. Prefer under $200.
Any of you heathens have good luck w/ something I'm describing? Thank you. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:49:41 AM EDT
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I hate those fucking birds.
Good luck OP. You’re doing Gods work. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:51:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CanaryCamaro: I hate those fucking birds. Good luck OP. You're doing Gods work. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:54:36 AM EDT
[Last Edit: extractr]
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Something like this would work well.
 
Or if you prefer .22 caliber. 
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:59:25 AM EDT
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No need to get fancy, a Crosman 2100 shooting BBs will do the job.
I kill squirrels with mine. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:03:26 AM EDT
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Benjamin Marauder. They are insanely accurate.
Compressed air bottle and hand pump for the refills. (Get both). But I mostly use the hand pump, you can get a little more pressure in it. |
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UT, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:04:07 AM EDT
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Have you tried putting up something sparkly & reflective as a deterrent?
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MA, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:07:23 AM EDT
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Gold standard of break barrels, the RWS 34.
I've yet to see a Gamo hold accuracy. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:14:39 AM EDT
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I've got a Crossman 1400 I'll sell you at a good price
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WI, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:16:53 AM EDT
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traps are more effective.
do some homework on starling traps |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:17:46 AM EDT
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little shit birds have taken up residence in my car port and started shitting all over my trucks
they're about to learn about .22 shotshells |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:20:54 AM EDT
[Last Edit: sparkyfender2]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mikeyb76: Have you tried putting up something sparkly & reflective as a deterrent? I put up two different kinds of reflective streamers. After a day they lost their fear and just flew under them. Waste of time and money. I then put up netting, they just tore holes in it.  Bought an air rifle, but they fly about all panicky when I approach my garage, and are almost impossible to hit. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:21:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TexRdnec: little shit birds have taken up residence in my car port and started shitting all over my trucks they're about to learn about .22 shotshells The CCI shotshells don't have any effect in my experience. I got some Federal but haven't tried it yet. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:21:16 AM EDT
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I made friends with the crows and they started chasing them off. Those little starlings would dive bomb me everywhere I went in the yard for a while.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:22:12 AM EDT
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Fake owls have worked for me to keep birds out of areas where I do not want them.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:22:16 AM EDT
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 Easy Creative Underground Quick Pigeons Trap Using Paper Box - Easy Bird Traps |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:25:01 AM EDT
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I've killed truck loads of black birds with Daisy 10 pump air rifles. Very accurate and cheap. Some of those really good air rifles are actually over powered for the job.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:25:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By McGuy: The CCI shotshells don't have any effect in my experience. I got some Federal but haven't tried it yet. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By McGuy: Originally Posted By TexRdnec: little shit birds have taken up residence in my car port and started shitting all over my trucks they're about to learn about .22 shotshells The CCI shotshells don't have any effect in my experience. I got some Federal but haven't tried it yet. work OK for me. i've killed lots of pigeons with them but they've got to be head shots |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:27:06 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Prae: I need to start working on some starlings at our barn. Looking for a relatively cheap but accurate pellet rifle w/ a scope. Prefer under $200. Any of you heathens have good luck w/ something I'm describing? Thank you. https://www.ar15.com/forums/Armory/Airguns/54/ Lots of great info. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:28:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryCharlie just has a thing for booby traps don't he? |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:29:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CanaryCamaro: I hate those fucking birds. Good luck OP. You’re doing Gods work. lol. true. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:38:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TexRdnec: work OK for me. i've killed lots of pigeons with them but they've got to be head shots Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TexRdnec: Originally Posted By McGuy: Originally Posted By TexRdnec: little shit birds have taken up residence in my car port and started shitting all over my trucks they're about to learn about .22 shotshells The CCI shotshells don't have any effect in my experience. I got some Federal but haven't tried it yet. work OK for me. i've killed lots of pigeons with them but they've got to be head shots The shotshells have pretty limited range. Maybe 5 yards, not much more than that. I use them to kill the carpenter bees. They have been really bad the past several days. I managed to hit about 8 on Saturday. They were just as many back on Sunday. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:47:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mikeyb76: Have you tried putting up something sparkly & reflective as a deterrent? |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:49:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sparkyfender2: I put up two different kinds of reflective streamers. After a day they lost their fear and just flew under them. Waste of time and money. I then put up netting, they just tore holes in it. Bought an air rifle, but they fly about all panicky when I approach my garage, and are almost impossible to hit. 12 gauge, #8 steel birdshot, walk backward toward shed, they will "pull" from behidn you over your head. Bonus points if you use a mag fed semi auto... 
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:51:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By extractr: Something like this would work well. www.amazon.com/dp/B07PJFCDTK Or if you prefer .22 caliber. www.amazon.com/dp/B01APG0VUC |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:53:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ARMinnesota]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By extractr: Something like this would work well. www.amazon.com/dp/B07PJFCDTK Or if you prefer .22 caliber. www.amazon.com/dp/B01APG0VUC Walmart has the same price. I got my .22 Mach 1 this weekend. Cant wait to shoot it. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:54:04 AM EDT
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Do you have a cat, OP?
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Posted: 4/29/2024 10:04:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2024 10:06:33 AM EDT
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You don’t need a magnum springer to kill starlings. You can do it with a regular Daisy BB gun, and it will be much quieter. I would get a daisy Avanti BB gun to do the job. It’s much easier to know where your BBs are going to impact, and a magnum springer airgun sounds like a high-powered rifle in comparison.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 10:59:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TexRdnec: little shit birds have taken up residence in my car port and started shitting all over my trucks they're about to learn about .22 shotshells Rifled barrel and no choke. The pattern with those is so big, and the shot is so small, you'd have better success throwing rocks. They're okay for butterflies, if you can get close enough. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:03:12 AM EDT
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Don't underestimate the intelligence of Starlings.
You shoot one, and you won't be able to step outside with your pellet rifle without them scattering. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:05:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ske714: Rifled barrel and no choke. The pattern with those is so big, and the shot is so small, you'd have better success throwing rocks. They're okay for butterflies, if you can get close enough. My great grandfather used to have a smooth bore .22 rimfire for shotshells. My dad says they used to be a thing years ago, and they had competitions similar to trap shooting. (obviously smaller targets, and closer range) I thought that would be pretty cool, but I guess smooth bore rimfires would be illegal today. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:06:03 AM EDT
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Kill everyone I see. CZ 452 and a suppressor. I also use Conley entrances on my gourds.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:10:48 AM EDT
[Last Edit: michigan66]
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:12:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By The_Reaper: My great grandfather used to have a smooth bore .22 rimfire for shotshells. My dad says they used to be a thing years ago, and they had competitions similar to trap shooting. (obviously smaller targets, and closer range) I thought that would be pretty cool, but I guess smooth bore rimfires would be illegal today. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By The_Reaper: Originally Posted By ske714: Rifled barrel and no choke. The pattern with those is so big, and the shot is so small, you'd have better success throwing rocks. They're okay for butterflies, if you can get close enough. My great grandfather used to have a smooth bore .22 rimfire for shotshells. My dad says they used to be a thing years ago, and they had competitions similar to trap shooting. (obviously smaller targets, and closer range) I thought that would be pretty cool, but I guess smooth bore rimfires would be illegal today. I've heard of those, but never seen one. I'll bet they were fun. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:15:39 AM EDT
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Might I suggest a cheap bolt action .22 and aguila colibri or super colibri for ammo. The colibri is about 420-450fps out of a 16" barrel and the super colibri is about 600fps. This makes it makes it dead quiet in a bolt action rifle. I shoot squirrels with colibri and the click of the trigger/hammer is significantly louder then the report out the barrel. In fact, even without a suppressor, there is basically no report whatsoever. Shooting colibri out of a bolt action is literally as quiet as a pellet gun.
With a .22 bolt action and colibri you get slow, safe projectile speed but no need to pump up a pellet gun, or buy compressors and shit like a PCP. And .22 bolt actions are cheap. Here is a Rossi .22 bolt action for $160. It holds 10 rounds and has a 3/8 dovetail optic rail. https://palmettostatearmory.com/rossi-rb22-22lr-bolt-action-rifle-blk-rb22l1811.html and Aguila Colibri info: https://www.aguilaammo.com/products/22-colibr-i-long-rifle-subsonic-powderless-lead-bullet |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:20:19 AM EDT
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I was waiting for him to suddenly ring their necks.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:23:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By McGuy: The CCI shotshells don't have any effect in my experience. I got some Federal but haven't tried it yet. I agree but that’s mostly due to the rifling in the bore spinning the shot. Shoot the same shells from a smooth bore 22 and it’s a whole different story. I found the Federal metallic shells much more effective than the plastic CCI. Smooth bore 22’s are out there. Hard to find and some can be pricey. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:24:31 AM EDT
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Whatever cheap Crosman gas piston gun Wally's has in .22.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:25:31 AM EDT
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At what distance OP ?
25-30 yards and the Umarex Trevox will send a GAMO Lethal 5.56gr pellet right through one of those birds. Nitro piston break barrel with a suppressor and will send that pellet at 800+fps. 11mm Weaver cut in to it too, I may or may not put a Red Dot on mine.  Attached File |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:29:08 AM EDT
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Unless you are in it just for trigger time a starling funnel trap is much more effective. The one I've built in the past was 48" high, 5' long and 48" wide. It's an easy way to kill hundreds.
 How to Make a Starling Funnel Trap 2023 |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:36:11 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AdLucem]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ske714: I've heard of those, but never seen one. I'll bet they were fun. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ske714: Originally Posted By The_Reaper: Originally Posted By ske714: Rifled barrel and no choke. The pattern with those is so big, and the shot is so small, you'd have better success throwing rocks. They're okay for butterflies, if you can get close enough. My great grandfather used to have a smooth bore .22 rimfire for shotshells. My dad says they used to be a thing years ago, and they had competitions similar to trap shooting. (obviously smaller targets, and closer range) I thought that would be pretty cool, but I guess smooth bore rimfires would be illegal today. I've heard of those, but never seen one. I'll bet they were fun. Don't know your budget Henry still makes the 22 cal smoothbore "garden gun"  you need to be close. This is quiet and deadly accurate and you can buy them and have them shipped from abroad at significant discounts Weihrauch HW97 they run about $700 in the US  Krale $521  |
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RI, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:37:37 AM EDT
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Birds aren't real. They're .gov spy drones and will record as you shoot at them. Soon to be followed by your door crashing in at 5AM and your dog being shot. Tread carefully.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:48:27 AM EDT
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Marlin made a bolt action 22 mag smooth bore garden gun. CCI makes the ammo for it.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:51:54 AM EDT
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No scope needed, I got an old Daisy Powerline 35, still does the trick after 16 years or so of regular use.
The damn things use to mob Grandpa's farm every year in late summer, them and sparrows and red-tipped blackbirds, swarms so huge they covered the sky from horizon to horizon. We used 'em for practice for the upcoming dove season every year, Grandpa was super happy for us to go blasting in the fields. It wasn't so much how many we actually dropped, it was the blasts were a good deterrent and would run off a huge flock that had descended to feast. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:52:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mike103: Marlin made a bolt action 22 mag smooth bore garden gun. CCI makes the ammo for it. Got an e-mail that Henry is making one now, smooth bore lever action. Looks pretty nice. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:57:21 AM EDT
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Starling trivia;
All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York's Central Park in the early 1890s by a man named Eugene Schieffelin. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:59:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By osprey21: Starling trivia; All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York's Central Park in the early 1890s by a man named Eugene Schieffelin. What round for Eugene Schieffeln? 
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Posted: 4/29/2024 12:13:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By midmo: What round for Eugene Schieffeln? |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 12:24:13 PM EDT
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I am having an issue with robins trying to nest on my patio light. Fake owl and streamer of old CD's does nothing for robins. Over the weekend I propped up two empty soda cans on top of the lights and the robins only tried to land once and sound/sight of the can falling scared them away. I have them tied to the lights now. Robins like to make a quick nest to lay eggs this time of year then vanish after the babies are out. The fake owl and CD's do seem to scare everything else away (except for the stray cats and squirrels). My dog is not very good about scaring ground critters. He is frighten of bumble bees.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 12:30:42 PM EDT
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Ted's Holdover on youtube has some neat videos.
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