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[sideWing]

Sidewing:I have heard that they are protected as well… I think it is the Mexico State bird or something or other like that. Part of the NAFTA agreement or other such nonsense. Back in the day of my youth, our local Wildlife Federation provided a ten cent bounty on their heads. All you could bring in, the local and only gas station served as the payment/redemption center. With some ease you could get two of them and trade them towards a fine Hostess Cherry Pie and a cold twelve ounce Coke in a bottle. These were also available at the service station, so everyone won, well except the black & whites.

Magpies are very hard on the local Pheasant population, and it is these that Wildlife Federation sought to protect. We as kids all carried our 22's with us everywhere, you could shoot in town or country then, no regulations other than don't shoot each other or property. We were taught to be 'gun safe' quite young, the world has changed a lot since then. I hope it is for the better. On a bright note, I went to Logan this a.m. and saw three splated Skunks on the road, I've little use for vermin.

Best to all and your birds,

RJ



The Silver Duckwing troupe.

That is a great story RJ. I used to live in a rural area and we got paid for skunks and porcupines. Those were the days.

The magpie is protected because there was a small(ish) area in California where a yellow billed magpie lived. This kind of magpie was thought to need protection. Instead of wasting time carving out a law for the Yellow Billed Magpie, they just added the whole family to the law. It may be fixed by now, but I doubt it.

 

[RedIII]

I think magpies are also a protected species. I know it make no sense. So if one of them happens to say.... die of a heart attack on your property, I would not mention it on the internet. 

Rcstanley already answered, but yes, you can shoot magpies IF they are threatening your livestock. Chickens count as livestock, so....... I had an unspoken agreement with the magpies in my mom's yard when I lived in West Valley. They nested in the tree and kept the hawks at bay in exchange for a stolen egg every now and then. I was fine with that arrangement. Never had any other problem with them.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

A neighbor here in Logan told me that the woodpeckers were protected---we had one whittling on our stucco for a few weeks it was hard to get rid of! That same neighbor had told me that magpies were also protected, so I am glad for the information RCStanley....I wonder if I really could have taken that woodpecker out?... cost $280 to fix the damage after it kindly went on its way. We tried everything, then it finally just left on its own.

 

[rcstanley]

For the woodpeckers, you need a permit to permanently get rid of them, they are protected. You don't need a permit to scare them. Here's a link to a usu extension paper: https://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/NR_WD_006.pdf

 

[RJSorensen]

My mother fought a battle with the woodpeckers on her stucco as well. The stucco is sort of an icing on the cake, beneath it is the styrofoam. My chickens LOVE styrofoam and it is with amusement that I see that apparently many other birds seem to love the stuff as well. Around here fiberglass insulation is a great delicacy as well. I am not sure, but I suppose that is where plastic eggs must come from.

Best to all and your birds,

RJ

 

[RedIII]

My mother fought a battle with the woodpeckers on her [COLOR=333333]stucco as well. The stucco is sort of an [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]icing on the cake, beneath it is the styrofoam. My chickens LOVE styrofoam and it is with amusement that I see that apparently many other birds seem to love the stuff as well. Around here fiberglass insulation is a great delicacy as well. I am not sure, but I suppose that is where plastic eggs must come from. [/COLOR]

Best to all and your birds,

RJ

Oh man. It's a good thing I made pie tonight. Cake sounds delightful.

 

[Cynthia12]

A neighbor here in Logan told me that the woodpeckers were protected---we had one whittling on our stucco for a few weeks it was hard to get rid of! That same neighbor had told me that magpies were also protected, so I am glad for the information RCStanley....I wonder if I really could have taken that woodpecker out?... cost $280 to fix the damage after it kindly went on its way. We tried everything, then it finally just left on its own.

Usually woodpecker are after buggies. Wonder if you had some earwigs, or those orange and black bugs..name..can't remember! They would go after those in our big tree in Mapleton, and then, those that would be in the rain gutter. When they were in full bloom, those bus were every where in the spring, and we would hear, tap tap tap and knew the woodpeckers were after them. They didn't hurt our home, we had the siding.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Oh man. It's a good thing I made pie tonight. Cake sounds delightful.

Random thought of the day haha! Now I need cake too...

Hey Red, remember Nora?? Well I have an SBEL that just went broody. What??

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Usually woodpecker are after buggies.  Wonder if you had some earwigs, or those orange and black bugs..name..can't remember!   They would go after those in our big tree in Mapleton, and then, those that would be in the rain gutter.  When they were in full bloom, those bus were every where in the spring, and we would hear, tap tap tap and knew the woodpeckers were after them.  They didn't hurt our home, we had the siding. 

We call those Box Elder Bugs but that is probably not the right name, we do have tons of them here, maybe that was it! But they did not a chunk of stucco off, stinkers. Good thing he has left the premises!

 

[RedIII]

Random thought of the day haha! Now I need cake too...

Hey Red, remember Nora?? Well I have an SBEL that just went broody. What??

Aww. I have plenty of broodies, but I miss my Nora. She is one of the chickens that disappeared after I brought them out here. I've lost Nora, Robbie, Little Red, Reika, Sky, Goldie, several juveniles......