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place. He has tned a plastic owl decoy and a plastic snake, neither of which worked because the Flicker is smart enough to realize that a motionless animal poses no threat.
While visiting his parents, who live in Illinois and have also been plagued by the Flicker, O’Meara stumbled upon a possible remedy called “Flicker dope.” O’Meara said it looked like axel grease and contained an insecticide called toxaphene. When spread around the edges of a hole, the Flicker dope rubs off onto any Flicker passing through, thus killing the bird. Even though Flicker dope worked, O’Meara rejected it on ecological grounds.
He also has tried building nesting houses on his property, hoping the Flicker would choose a ready-built home over having to construct one it
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