Chrissie. Trap those little troublemakers! I’ll give you some hints for your DRST.
1. Not only put seed in the bait area but also sprinkle the landing pad and on the top where there’s a little wood and around the base of the trap. This is to get them coming to the trap area. Later maybe just sprinkle some on the landing pad and of course bait area.
2. Use white millet or a mixed seed with plenty of white millet. Here they aren’t fond of the red kind. If that doesn’t try all the other suggested bait ideas.
3. Place the trap where your birds are perching. Mine was right under a fence and then later I moved to their favorite shrub and now I have it under my feeder.
4. Once you get one, keep it alive and well by putting bird cage feeders (with hooks) in with food and water. These will serve as decoys and will draw other birds in more than the food will.
5. Get a Van Ert trap too. That’s a inbox trap and you can easily trap a HOSP that is trying to nest in your box with that trap and then transfer it to the holding area of the DRST.
6. I took HOSP far away at first but finally realized I was causing problems elsewhere and so started disposing of them. I can PM you later with an easy method using ether (starter fluid).
Tammy