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Posted: 29 Jan 2023 at 11:33am

Yee gods what do you get upto with your silicone!
A shed full of nipple replicas sounds like a recipe for mr plod to give you a visit

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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 10:08pm

Hi Kruza,
Did u ever find and try some plastic creepy crawlys?
Did u manage to get the attention of some mynas and starlings, and more importantly, did u manage to fool any of them long enough to get in a shot? 😉

Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.

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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 10:16pm

Tryed a few kids toys ones. Weren't that realistic in colour. Not bab in form. Tryed most realistic even adding on eye dots and suspending some of flying ones of thin nylon line so there was movement to catch the birds eye.
Total flop. Don't know if softer more realistic ones would work but they arn't easy to find. Real worms in jar weren't successful either. Pears on the pear tree were a constant draw and proved a good few weeks of success.

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Posted: 18 May 2023 at 7:27am

Well it was a good idea and worth a try 👍🏻
All birds have exceptionally good eye sight and would be hard to fool with fake food, but on the other hand that’s what makes them easy to attract when you put out real food 👍🏻
Bit of useless info here, but did u know they used to use pigeons excellent eye sight to find people lost at sea?
They would train the pigeon by feeding it crushed corn, and the pigeon would get used to eating small pieces of yellow and orange food.
Then when someone was lost at sea they would take the pigeon up high in a helicopter with a glass panel in the floor and the pigeon in a cage.
Flying very high they can cover huge areas of open sea, but from that height a human eye won’t be able see a life raft or a life jacket.
Life jackets and life rafts are usually yellow or orange. When the pigeon started tapping on the glass it had seen some “food” and they’d go down and investigate.

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	Yee gods what do you get upto with your silicone! A shed full of nipple replicas sounds like a recipe for mr plod to give you a visit

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	Hi Kruza, Did u ever find and try some plastic creepy crawlys? Did u manage to get the attention of some mynas and starlings, and more importantly, did u manage to fool any of them long enough to get in a shot? 😉
	Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 1677	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 May 2023 at 10:16pm
	Tryed a few kids toys ones. Weren't that realistic in colour. Not bab in form. Tryed most realistic even adding on eye dots and suspending some of flying ones of thin nylon line so there was movement to catch the birds eye. Total flop. Don't know if softer more realistic ones would work but they arn't easy to find. Real worms in jar weren't successful either. Pears on the pear tree were a constant draw and proved a good few weeks of success.

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 524	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 May 2023 at 7:27am
	Well it was a good idea and worth a try 👍🏻 All birds have exceptionally good eye sight and would be hard to fool with fake food, but on the other hand that’s what makes them easy to attract when you put out real food 👍🏻 Bit of useless info here, but did u know they used to use pigeons excellent eye sight to find people lost at sea? They would train the pigeon by feeding it crushed corn, and the pigeon would get used to eating small pieces of yellow and orange food. Then when someone was lost at sea they would take the pigeon up high in a helicopter with a glass panel in the floor and the pigeon in a cage. Flying very high they can cover huge areas of open sea, but from that height a human eye won’t be able see a life raft or a life jacket. Life jackets and life rafts are usually yellow or orange. When the pigeon started tapping on the glass it had seen some “food” and they’d go down and investigate.
	Walk quietly, but carry a big stick.