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Magpie Problem

  • 15-05-2014 11:21am
    #1
    aaakev
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    I just got a txt off a mate asking me to shoot a magpie. the bird is pecking at his reflection in their window every morning setting off the house alarm, waking them and the neighbors up! they are pissed off and the neighbors have complained too. this has been going on for about 4-5 weeks now.

    the house is in a housing estate so the shotgun is out of the question, an air rifle would be ideal but i don't have one....

    Any suggestions?


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  • #2
    Birdnuts
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    Sounds like an ideal situation for a Larsen trap


  • #3
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    yeah thought that too but dont want to buy one for just one bird because iv no interest in trapping so it would go to waist after


  • #4
    Cass
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 28,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cass


    Has he no method of "blocking" the window sill? To stop the bird from landing on it. If he could do this for a few days to a week the bird would loose interest. Say a netting from the sill up the window or blocking it altogether. You know that fly netting you can buy and just stick on.. Might look messy but if it works then he can take it down when the bird no longer returns.

    Failing that it's the lethal option however you're going to manage that. Whatever about a housing estate getting a bird that is on a window of a house. Seriously limits, if not takes away, most options.
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  • #5
    Cass
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    If all else fails:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ya6z-NlDo




    :D:D:D:D:D
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  • #6
    Birdnuts
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    Cass wrote: »
    If all else fails:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ya6z-NlDo




    :D:D:D:D:D

    I wonder would a larger version of that work on goverment election candidates??;)

    PS - Another option for the OP would be an owl type decoy that would keep the magpie occupied and away from the window. You can pick up a cheap one in most garden centres nowadays


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  • #7
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Cass wrote: »
    Has he no method of "blocking" the window sill? To stop the bird from landing on it. If he could do this for a few days to a week the bird would loose interest. Say a netting from the sill up the window or blocking it altogether. You know that fly netting you can buy and just stick on.. Might look messy but if it works then he can take it down when the bird no longer returns.

    Failing that it's the lethal option however you're going to manage that. Whatever about a housing estate getting a bird that is on a window of a house. Seriously limits, if not takes away, most options.
    He spends his time on the window sil and on the ground so a trap could work, or an air rifle!


  • #8
    Birdnuts
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    aaakev wrote: »
    He spends his time on the window sil and on the ground so a trap could work, or an air rifle!

    If your going down the lethal route than air rifle would be you best bet. Only live cage traps like Larsens are legal for use on magpies and corvids mentioned in the derogations. Maybe all this magpie needs is a good fright using a cheap firework or something similar


  • #9
    Capercaille
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Capercaille


    If the window is dirty then he will not see a reflection and will stop pecking at what window.


  • #10
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Capercaille wrote: »
    If the window is dirty then he will not see a reflection and will stop pecking at what window.

    Ill be sure to let him know that....


  • #11
    ronn
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    Just smash the window, everyone's a winner. :-) :-)


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  • #12
    ronn
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    Just smash the window, everyone's a winner. :-) :-)


  • #13
    dodderangler
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    ronn wrote: »
    Just smash the window, everyone's a winner. :-) :-)

    Post twice so smash two windows mate


  • #14
    EPointer=Birdss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭EPointer=Birdss


    dodderangler wrote: »
    Post twice so smash two windows mate

    No he didn't. That was his reflection!

    Larson Trap all the way. Seems like either a particularily stupid or territorial type but either way he'll get caught fairly lively!


  • #15
    hathcock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭hathcock


    aaakev wrote: »
    I just got a txt off a mate asking me to shoot a magpie. the bird is pecking at his reflection in their window every morning setting off the house alarm, waking them and the neighbors up! they are pissed off and the neighbors have complained too. this has been going on for about 4-5 weeks now.

    the house is in a housing estate so the shotgun is out of the question, an air rifle would be ideal but i don't have one....

    Any suggestions?
    be aware it is an offence to discharge a firearm in a housing estate,you risk the full wrath of the law,and losing your cert airgun or not.


  • #16
    deeksofdoom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭deeksofdoom


    hathcock wrote: »
    be aware it is an offence to discharge a firearm in a housing estate,you risk the full wrath of the law,and losing your cert airgun or not.

    I thinks he's already aware of that somehow!:rolleyes:


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