I replaced 12 of my round opening gourds with the troy tunnel opening gourds. All my other qourds have half moon
PM TD me it will keep out the starlings.
Great, now PM are getting stuck in the opening, I had to unstuck two today.
I now think that it was a bad purchase, I was not informed that this could happen.
Does anyone have a solution to this
Troy qourd Openings
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flyin-lowe
- Posts: 3789
- Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:49 am
- Location: Indiana/Henry Co.
Are they stuck going straight in/out or is it wing entrapments, like one wing is inside and one is outside. I have had Troyer gourds for a long time and have only had a couple of entrapments.
2026 HOSP 27
2025 62 pair HOSP 20
2024 60 pair, HOSP 44
2023 60+ pair, HOSP 8
2022 60 nests with 262 eggs, HOSP 14
2021 62 pair, HOSP 9
2020 42 nest, HOSP 8
2019- 31 pair
2018- 15 pair 49 fledged
2017 3 SY pair, 12 eggs , fledged 10. 4 additional lone SY's
2016 1 pair fledged 4
2015 Visitors
2014 Visitors
2013 Moved 6 miles, 1 pair fledged 2.
2012 30 pair fledged 100.
2011 12 pair 43 fledged.
2010 5 pair 14 fledged.
2025 62 pair HOSP 20
2024 60 pair, HOSP 44
2023 60+ pair, HOSP 8
2022 60 nests with 262 eggs, HOSP 14
2021 62 pair, HOSP 9
2020 42 nest, HOSP 8
2019- 31 pair
2018- 15 pair 49 fledged
2017 3 SY pair, 12 eggs , fledged 10. 4 additional lone SY's
2016 1 pair fledged 4
2015 Visitors
2014 Visitors
2013 Moved 6 miles, 1 pair fledged 2.
2012 30 pair fledged 100.
2011 12 pair 43 fledged.
2010 5 pair 14 fledged.
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John Miller
- Posts: 4864
- Joined: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:11 pm
- Location: St. Louis, MO
This generally are lower risk. I'm wondering if you placed onto the outside of some gourds and did not fully open the back wall. This creates a tight foyer where birds trying to turn around inside, or if fighting inside it, are more prone to entrapment at the exits.