Unusual crow!

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I have set up a couple of ladder traps for the crows this past week and have got four or five in each of them every day.







So on Friday I cleared the trap out and left one caller crow in it. Imagine my surprise to see this fella in it on Saturday.





Needless to say, the crow didn't make it!






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CJhaughey

Nice one, great pics.

flanum

lovely, pity ye didnt get to put a wee cable tie (loose) tag on the foot!

EPointer=Birdss

Great photos. Do you find the trap woks just as well with out the rungs of the ladder? What spacing is there?

riflehunter77

Love that last picture

stevoman

great pics. well done on letting the bird back out. i havnt seen a crow with marking like that before so i havnt.

marlin vs

Good post Mallard's.:D

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EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Great photos. Do you find the trap woks just as well with out the rungs of the ladder? What spacing is there?

Yeh it works grand without the ladder. I recycled some old partridge release pens and the gap was about six inches. I narrowed it a little to try and stop more Buzzards getting in as I find they don't make great bait for attracting crows.

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flanum wrote: »

lovely, pity ye didnt get to put a wee cable tie (loose) tag on the foot!

He's one of about six or seven that can be seen on my ground, I don't think that particular one will be back though! Interestingly there was a sparrowhawk in the trees nearby watching what was going on. Probably a spy for the RSPB! :rolleyes:

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jap gt

lovely bird, and a great trap, where did you get the plans for it, i have be thinking of making one with a while

EPointer=Birdss

flanum wrote: »

lovely, pity ye didnt get to put a wee cable tie (loose) tag on the foot!

You could catch & hold him whiles I put it on haha:D

dicky82

they were some nice pics mallards. i came through a gap in the hedge two weeks ago to come face to face with a buzzard tucking into a rabbit. was delighted i had hupped the dog before going through the hedge.

off topic a bit i know but any more sightings of the christmas dodgers? (turkeys)

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One of the farmers about two miles from the release site had been talking to my uncle last weekend at a market and he said he seen what he thought were three turkeys in the corner of one of his fields about three weeks ago. Actually he said they they looked like vultures. I think I would be be pretty certain they're not and are probably my turkeys.

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jap gt

mallards wrote: »

One of the farmers about two miles from the release site had been talking to my uncle last weekend at a market and he said he seen what he thought were three turkeys in the corner of one of his fields about three weeks ago. Actually he said they they looked like vultures. I think I would be be pretty certain they're not and are probably my turkeys.

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would the remaining turkeys breed

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According to the wild turkey book I got. It says the hen is capable of breeding this spring but the Tom's won't be fertile until the following spring.

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Double Barrel

post Mallards.

The winged marauder. :cool:

dicky82

just out of curiosity are you going to release anymore of the turkeys or will you just try get those ones next year, (assuming they survive).

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dicky82 wrote: »

just out of curiosity are you going to release anymore of the turkeys or will you just try get those ones next year, (assuming they survive).

Yip I plan to release a dozen this year please God.

jap gt wrote: »

lovely bird, and a great trap, where did you get the plans for it, i have be thinking of making one with a while

Just made it. I seen it in a book or a magazine somewhere and just had a go. The frame is just sections of partridge release pens cable tied together. When you make one section of pen you just copy it.

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johngalway

Found this guy in one of my Larsen traps this morning.

Must be something in the water they're drinking













Held the door open for about five minutes before he decided to shift. I was looking at him looking at me, I didn't much fancy going in to get him :eek:

It wasn't me!

In that last photo of him in the trap, he looks like he has a serious bone to pick with you John. I wouldn't have been standing in his way anyway!

Dusty87

It wasn't me! wrote: »

In that last photo of him in the trap, he looks like he has a serious bone to pick with you John. I wouldn't have been standing in his way anyway!

Thats what i was thinking, "put your hand in, i dare ya"

johngalway

Put my hand in, ya must be joking! I'd have gone down to the shed for the welding gloves I was looking in at him and all I could see what claws and that beak, no thanks!

He'd the ****e scared out of my grey crow call bird lol.

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johngalway wrote: »

...............He'd the ****e scared out of my grey crow call bird lol.

Taste of his own medicine

johngalway

Probably the first time a greycrow was glad to see me coming

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That's great John, a few more species and we will have trapped a full set!

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