Jack Daws

Username99

What are your views on Jack Daws???

All feedback appreciated, No timewasters please...

LostCovey

Username99 wrote: »

What are your views on Jack Daws???

All feedback appreciated, No timewasters please...

I think they're harmless unless they are attacking a crop of newly planted potatoes or cereal.

But I only think that because I have grids on all the chimneys!

Username99

I totally understand where your coming from, they seem like a nice harmless creature, but as I have become somewhat of a "GIY" (Grow it yourself) enthusiast with a few years now and from the experiences i've had, they appear to be bandits of the avian world. And I strongly feel that something needs to be done.
I've contacted my local Fine Gael constituancy office several times regarding funding for a project to alleviate the problem of these pesky birds, to no avail.
I do agree that one should not tar them all with the same brush, there quite possibly could be some decent Jack Daws out there, but from what I have come across, these birds are pirates and action needs to be taken sooner rather than later.
Anyone got any ideas on how I could keep them from my garden, I had planned to build a bird bath and hooking a power source up to the water, creating an electric current that would fry any Jack Daw that landed in it and would serve as a warning to other Jack Daws not to mess with my garden.
But I put this one on the back burner for a while as i'm not sure of the legal implications that could arise from such a contraption and also the high risk that other innocent birds may be killed or seriously injured should they in advertantly come to have a drink.

Could someone please help me out, and mabye suggest some humane ways in which I could gaurd myself from this pest.

Thankyou in advance.

noddyone2

You could still make the 'special' bird bath', but invite the local Fine Gaelers along to to test it for you. They do a lot more harm than jackdaws.

Username99

Ha, ha, that is very true, I never looked at it like that. But under what pretence could I lure them into the "Bath", If it was Bertie i'd just leave a brown envelope in the centre and wait to see him home in on it. But what sort of bait would Enda and Co. be most susceptable too??

Birdnuts

Username99 wrote: »

I totally understand where your coming from, they seem like a nice harmless creature, but as I have become somewhat of a "GIY" (Grow it yourself) enthusiast with a few years now and from the experiences i've had, they appear to be bandits of the avian world. And I strongly feel that something needs to be done.
I've contacted my local Fine Gael constituancy office several times regarding funding for a project to alleviate the problem of these pesky birds, to no avail.
I do agree that one should not tar them all with the same brush, there quite possibly could be some decent Jack Daws out there, but from what I have come across, these birds are pirates and action needs to be taken sooner rather than later.
Anyone got any ideas on how I could keep them from my garden, I had planned to build a bird bath and hooking a power source up to the water, creating an electric current that would fry any Jack Daw that landed in it and would serve as a warning to other Jack Daws not to mess with my garden.
But I put this one on the back burner for a while as i'm not sure of the legal implications that could arise from such a contraption and also the high risk that other innocent birds may be killed or seriously injured should they in advertantly come to have a drink.

Could someone please help me out, and mabye suggest some humane ways in which I could gaurd myself from this pest.

Thankyou in advance.

Jackdaws can be legally trapped and shot - if you don't facy that route you could knock up a scarecrow along the traditional lines or get one of those cut-out falcons that can be mounted in various positions. Many people have had succes with kites in the shape of raptors. See the link below for a good example

http://www.birdcontrol.net/html/Hawkkite.htm

LostCovey

Username99 wrote: »

I totally understand where your coming from, they seem like a nice harmless creature, but as I have become somewhat of a "GIY" (Grow it yourself) enthusiast with a few years now and from the experiences i've had, they appear to be bandits of the avian world. And I strongly feel that something needs to be done.
I've contacted my local Fine Gael constituancy office several times regarding funding for a project to alleviate the problem of these pesky birds, to no avail.
I do agree that one should not tar them all with the same brush, there quite possibly could be some decent Jack Daws out there, but from what I have come across, these birds are pirates and action needs to be taken sooner rather than later.
Anyone got any ideas on how I could keep them from my garden, I had planned to build a bird bath and hooking a power source up to the water, creating an electric current that would fry any Jack Daw that landed in it and would serve as a warning to other Jack Daws not to mess with my garden.
But I put this one on the back burner for a while as i'm not sure of the legal implications that could arise from such a contraption and also the high risk that other innocent birds may be killed or seriously injured should they in advertantly come to have a drink.

Could someone please help me out, and mabye suggest some humane ways in which I could gaurd myself from this pest.

Thankyou in advance.

I smell a wind-up.......you jumped the shark with the electric bird-bath.

Mothman

LostCovey wrote: »

I smell a wind-up.......you jumped the shark with the electric bird-bath.

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OP much of the above is fit for AH, continue this there

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