ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion
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ffs, it never ends.... duck invasion 0tterbot 07-25-2008
Posted by 0tterbot on July 25, 2008, 11:48 pm
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 hello.
having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
and mizuna. isn't that nice?!

wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
those types of methods?

my only idea was to perhaps use bottles to cover the small things, a bit of
net over the bigger things, and just wait them out as they will be down at
the dam breeding soon & i expect they'll back off then. i'm really NOT into
covering any more since i had to net off when we had wallabies - i'm
convinced the netting caused disease because the insect-eating birds could
not get near them - but don't know what else to do.

thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.
kylie (the wildlife has us under siege!!!!)
p.s. the household is not armed - so no point suggesting that! believe me,
if we were, we'd be having canard à l'orange every night, and loving it)



Posted by Trish Brown on July 25, 2008, 11:54 pm
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 0tterbot wrote:
> hello.
> having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
> benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
> and mizuna. isn't that nice?!
>
> wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
> of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
> those types of methods?
>
> my only idea was to perhaps use bottles to cover the small things, a bit of
> net over the bigger things, and just wait them out as they will be down at
> the dam breeding soon & i expect they'll back off then. i'm really NOT into
> covering any more since i had to net off when we had wallabies - i'm
> convinced the netting caused disease because the insect-eating birds could
> not get near them - but don't know what else to do.
>
> thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.
> kylie (the wildlife has us under siege!!!!)
> p.s. the household is not armed - so no point suggesting that! believe me,
> if we were, we'd be having canard à l'orange every night, and loving it)
>
>

A while ago, a poster solved a problem with visiting Brush Turkeys by
leaving a few large toy rubber snakes around her yard. Apparently, the
turkeys were afraid of the snakes and chose to forage elsewhere. I've
also heard that hanging a large cutout of the silhouette of a Peregrine
Falcon will keep wild birds out of a garden, but I don't know how well
that works.

Posted by 0tterbot on July 26, 2008, 8:30 pm
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> A while ago, a poster solved a problem with visiting Brush Turkeys by
> leaving a few large toy rubber snakes around her yard. Apparently, the
> turkeys were afraid of the snakes and chose to forage elsewhere. I've also
> heard that hanging a large cutout of the silhouette of a Peregrine Falcon
> will keep wild birds out of a garden, but I don't know how well that
> works.

i might see if number two son might let me borrow some of his rubber snakes!
not sure if ducks are as dim as brush turkeys. we will see!

thanks trish.
kylie



Posted by David Hare-Scott on July 26, 2008, 2:34 am
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> hello.
> having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
> benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
> and mizuna. isn't that nice?!
>
> wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
> of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
> those types of methods?
>

One pair? I have up to 40 wood ducks at a time strutting up and down the
paddock and into the garden. So far they haven't done any damage.

As for what to do - get a Kelpie. The one that I have knows that ducks are
OK but commorants (fish thieves) are not. You could easily tell him ducks are
not welcome and commorants are OK.

David



Posted by Jon on July 26, 2008, 4:20 am
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0tterbot wrote:
> hello.
> having now fenced off the veggie garden from the wallabies, we are now
> benighted by pairs of wild ducks on the prowl. they enjoy chinese vegetables
> and mizuna. isn't that nice?!
>
> wondering if anyone has had successful anti-duck experience. are they afraid
> of scarecrows, old cds tied above the crops & flashing in the sun, or any of
> those types of methods?
>
> my only idea was to perhaps use bottles to cover the small things, a bit of
> net over the bigger things, and just wait them out as they will be down at
> the dam breeding soon & i expect they'll back off then. i'm really NOT into
> covering any more since i had to net off when we had wallabies - i'm
> convinced the netting caused disease because the insect-eating birds could
> not get near them - but don't know what else to do.
>
> thank you very much if anyone has ideas or experience.
> kylie (the wildlife has us under siege!!!!)
> p.s. the household is not armed - so no point suggesting that! believe me,
> if we were, we'd be having canard à l'orange every night, and loving it)
>
>
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