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What I caught in my trap!
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Posted by crcst (My Page) on Thu, Jun 18, 09 at 18:52
| Yesterday I set my ground trap because all of a sudden I have an influx of HOSP and with bluebirds,chickadees and TRES all nesting out back I knew I needed to take action.My husband met me in the driveway when I got home from work and said,"you have got to see this" In my trap I had 3 HOSP and a snake who had already killed one bird.The birds were larger than the snake.It was unbelievable.If I had found it by myself,I would have really freaked out.Thank goodness for husbands who take care of things.Has anyone ever seen anything like this?Just unreal,still cannot believe it.Just hope my nesters stay safe......Jane |
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RE: What I caught in my trap!
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Jane,
Good for you.If you had not caught the snake,he would have gobbled up your BB chicks.The HOSPs would have killed your BB parents.Count your blessings.No,I have never heard of a snake getting caught in the ground trap.
michelle |
RE: What I caught in my trap!
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| No snakes for me but I did find a dead mouse in my repeating trap before... |
RE: What I caught in my trap!
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| I've seen pictures on a purple martin forum of snakes getting caught in HOSP traps and getting the decoys. I'm glad I live in an area with fewer rodent/bird eating snakes (upper midwest). I have yet to see one in 7 yrs, only garter and water snakes. The strangest thing I've caught is a Robin with a taste for white bread. |
RE: What I caught in my trap!
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| Believe it or not,this was a garter snake.We looked it up on the internet.Thank goodness we don't have big snakes here in our area.I really don't think he would have gotten to the box,but who knows.I am just grateful that things turned out the way it did.Hopefully we never have this happen again.My blues should hatch this weekend,hope it stops raining.So far it has been a good year. |
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