One and twenty million black birds
Oct. 27th, 2004 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ilex_cassineI've got a problem. Its a big problem- big in size. Like perhaps about a million black birds (and starlings, and grackles) big. There is a winter roost of many thousands (these things are supposed to get up into the millions, but I don't want to think about that many starlings, grackles, and blackbirds in the woods behind our house. It makes me nauseas) starting in our formerly attractive back yard bamboo stand. In addition to being freaky (not such a big deal) they are also another adjective ending in y, stinky. That much bird poop is making it difficult to keep the stench out of the house, and forget spending time in the back yard.
So I want the birds to push on to someplace other than my backyard. I found a handy web page by the Kentucky extension office detailing procedures and suggesting that Kentucyians suffering from blackbird invasions give them a call, but alas, this is not Kentucky and I can find no handy NC office to call.
Also, in order to follow the procedures that the useful folks in Kentucky propose, I need a distress call of one or all of grackle, blackbird, and starling. And pyrotechnics. The pyrotechnics are no problem, fireworks are legal in NC. The bird calls on the other hand are veeery proprietary, it would seem. I'm not shelling out cash for a grackle distress call- although I'm starting to wonder if I couldn't produce a few and have the Mr. record them. Hmm... It is a pity that I don't have 189.00$, as the device advertised here would be perfect: http://promolife.com/products/birds.htm
So I want the birds to push on to someplace other than my backyard. I found a handy web page by the Kentucky extension office detailing procedures and suggesting that Kentucyians suffering from blackbird invasions give them a call, but alas, this is not Kentucky and I can find no handy NC office to call.
Also, in order to follow the procedures that the useful folks in Kentucky propose, I need a distress call of one or all of grackle, blackbird, and starling. And pyrotechnics. The pyrotechnics are no problem, fireworks are legal in NC. The bird calls on the other hand are veeery proprietary, it would seem. I'm not shelling out cash for a grackle distress call- although I'm starting to wonder if I couldn't produce a few and have the Mr. record them. Hmm... It is a pity that I don't have 189.00$, as the device advertised here would be perfect: http://promolife.com/products/birds.htm