<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It is worth noting that some fraction of the ubiquitous black boxes feature conventional snap traps, not rodenticide. The box embarrasses me but it's actually a pretty good trap. However, over the years at least two song sparrows have been caught. They seem to favor the same corridors through the shrubs as the rats. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tom Dorrance</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 9:02 PM Kevin Lucas via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I watched this video:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://youtu.be/d2FkVSUOffg?si=YBvVuSERIuw1Hnx_" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/d2FkVSUOffg?si=YBvVuSERIuw1Hnx_</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">then made a couple of these "magical mouse box"es, one using 2x4's, another using 2x6's. They've worked very well, both along an exterior wall and out in the open near a bird feeding area. I put 4 mouse traps in the 2x4 box, one rat trap in the 2x6 box. I use a piece of car wash sponge twist-tied to the bait paddle, with some peanut butter smeared into the sponge. While I can do fine woodworking, I made them crudely, using funky scraps of wood and poor quality used & bent hinges.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Birds don't go into mine. Rodents do.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I'd fabricated something similar for a friend before googletubing & finding this design. It too worked. Don't fret the details.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Good birding,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/" target="_blank">https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Kevin Lucas</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Yakima County, WA</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="6"><span style="color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Qui tacet consentire</span><span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> videtur</span></font></b></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM Jerry Tangren via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 26, 2026 7:41:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Tweeters] Sign "Pro" on Washington House Bill 2516 (Banning rodenticides) until 9:30am tomorrow</font>
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<div>HB 2516 is s<span>cheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM tomorrow (1/27/2026).</span></div>
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<div><span>Someone posted this on another birding channel I follow:</span></div>
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up for birds:</span></strong><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px"> Did you know that people are spreading poison all over the city? Rat poison
is near ubiquitous -- just look for the tell-tale black boxes in garages, outside grocery stores, next to your neighbor’s shed, etc. One of these types of poisons is an anticoagulant, which means rats eat it, then wander around outside for a week and slowly
die of internal bleeding or get picked off by a predator who thought they were lucky to find a slow-moving treat. These toxins are then ingested by wildlife and pets and who knows where else the poison is going once it enters our environment. It’s cruel and
dangerous. And, what’s more, there are real alternatives. Thanks to Seattle legislators Rep. Shaun Scott and Rep. Julia Reed (and others across the state) there is now a bill to begin addressing this problem. HB2516 will put a temporary moratorium on using
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<b>You can sign in "PRO" until 9:30 tomorrow</b> to show your support for this bill.
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<div><font size="2">When I signed around 6:50pm there were <span style="font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:break-spaces;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">434
Pro and 120 Con signatures. Now, 25 minutes later, there are 445 Pro and </span>
</font><span role="region" aria-hidden="false">127 Con, so 11 Pro and 7 Con in 25 minutes. I am hoping people here will want to sign to keep Pros growing. </span></div>
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<div><span role="region" aria-hidden="false">Sorry for the late call to action!</span></div>
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