Greg Barlow's walk-in "letterbox" trap and, right, Greg shows the entrance in the top of the trap with the wooden perches about 18 centimetres apart. The trap uses the lobster pot principle, and can work with or without a call bird. Copious amounts of mutton fat or dripping are placed along the perches and also on the ground inside the trap. Magpies are attracted down onto the perches, and when they spot the bait on the ground, fly down inside the cage, but cannot fly back out again. The door allows access to collect the magpies who tend to fly up into the corners of the trap. Spring and early summer are the best times to trap.
JACQUI BARRINGTON
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 35
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119Greg Barlow's walk-in "letterbox" trap and, right, Greg shows the entrance in the top of the trap with the wooden perches about 18 centimetres apart. The trap uses the lobster pot principle, and can work with or without a call bird. Copious amounts of mutton fat or dripping are placed along the perches and also on the ground inside the trap. Magpies are attracted down onto the perches, and when they spot the bait on the ground, fly down inside the cage, but cannot fly back out again. The door allows access to collect the magpies who tend to fly up into the corners of the trap. Spring and early summer are the best times to trap. JACQUI BARRINGTON Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 35
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