Thread: How to deter/discourage/get rid of Noisy Indian Mynah birds

Originally Posted by cava

I have been reliably informed that a mixture of Tomcat rat poison blocks (crushed) and mixed with jam. You will need a lot as they gobble it down very quickly - two days later all gone. Probably 100+.

The Tomcat ingredients will mean a very slow death not to mention the birds of prey and other animals that will die from ingesting the poisoned bird

A .22 does the trick. I'm not allowed to shoot them off the backs of our cattle though.

I've been partly successful in that they've stopped nest building. Probably too late for them now. But they still harrass the locals.
I'll build a trap and go from there. I'll shift the trap and disguise it too. Hopefully this'll keep it working.
Shooting, poisoning won't work here. At least they're not being fed as far as I know.

If you find nests an option is to take the eggs, hard boil them and put them back in the nest. The birds will sit on those eggs for the whole of the nesting season.