greetings bird people,
i'm seeking a solution to starling abatement in an attic bird box nest. my environs included flickers, small raptors and owls - western screechers i reckon, which i hope to attract to this nest.
someone with hardware and gizmo knowledge could help me a lot.
my idea is to insert a small flexible tube into the lower portion of my 24x10x9 inch nest box. (the nest box is mounted to the inside wall near the peak, just under the eaves, in my garage.) the tube can then drop straight down thru a vent in my garage ceiling, perhaps 12 feet of tubing. to this i can attach some kind of compressed air doohicky.
i fear the residues in over the counter air dusters (canned air) would be harmful to any bird so i'm trying to figure out a way to give any visiting starlings a BLAST of unsullied air. what might be the least expensive solution for air delivery? air compressors are kind of expensive...
of course the cheapest route would be to poke a funnel in the end of the tube and swear at'em but they'd probably swear right back.
all ideas are welcome...
ps: i installed this nest box late last spring - having seen a flicker alight near the very spot i installed the 3" entrance hole. regretfully starlings soon swarmed the cavity so i shooodem' out and covered the hole until just the other day.
wshrimp
i'm seeking a solution to starling abatement in an attic bird box nest. my environs included flickers, small raptors and owls - western screechers i reckon, which i hope to attract to this nest.
someone with hardware and gizmo knowledge could help me a lot.
my idea is to insert a small flexible tube into the lower portion of my 24x10x9 inch nest box. (the nest box is mounted to the inside wall near the peak, just under the eaves, in my garage.) the tube can then drop straight down thru a vent in my garage ceiling, perhaps 12 feet of tubing. to this i can attach some kind of compressed air doohicky.
i fear the residues in over the counter air dusters (canned air) would be harmful to any bird so i'm trying to figure out a way to give any visiting starlings a BLAST of unsullied air. what might be the least expensive solution for air delivery? air compressors are kind of expensive...
of course the cheapest route would be to poke a funnel in the end of the tube and swear at'em but they'd probably swear right back.
all ideas are welcome...
ps: i installed this nest box late last spring - having seen a flicker alight near the very spot i installed the 3" entrance hole. regretfully starlings soon swarmed the cavity so i shooodem' out and covered the hole until just the other day.
wshrimp
