Posted by Billy NY on June 02, 2008 at 18:27:43 from (205.188.117.74):
In Reply to: Re: Dang Crows posted by IaGary on June 02, 2008 at 16:42:58:
They are relentless if they're nesting in nearby water, close to your field. Last year they nipped off the tops of the 3" tall corn in this field, still came in fine, but other birds got 50% of the yield from what was still on the cob by the time the combine got to it anyway, can't win, first the squirrels and things will get the 1st,2nd,3rd outside rows, then if you pick too late the birds will eventually get it right off the cob, if it's dry in late sept and you can pick soon, your ok, but wait til late Oct. into Nov., then they get their cut, the longer it stands, the more they get. It seems like that happens more frequently now than it did in years back, maybe more so on the smaller isolated fields like this one, definitely a challenge to get your harvest at the end.
You can see at the bottom of the photo where the geese have trimmed some oats off, though I've been able to keep em out by being persistent in rattl'n their respective cages, with some early morning warning shots, etc. Then they walk over with the young, so if you do laps around the field, round the fuzzballs up into a bucket, and immediately deport same back into nearby water, the other now agitated adults are sure to follow when they start squawkin, then yer good for maybe a week, more you stress em out the longer they stay away. Now if you want the adults to move faster, like double time, hold a young one up and AWAY from you (so you don't get sh$t on) and broadcast that noise they make, speeds em up a bit, cause they are spiteful too I have seen em nipping the plants even while being shoe'd away on the run, have to speed em up to stop the carnage, this field would have been a mess if not kept out.
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