Re[2]: Marking Territory (was deer food)
Kathy Klimkiewicz (Kathy_Klimkiewicz@usgs.gov)
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 10:28:22 -0700
I have tried hair and soap (suggested by another publ - Irish Spring).
Neither seemed to have any affect on the Patuxent deer. They still ate
our bird seed even with soap or hair hanging from feeders!
Cheers,
Kathy Klimkiewicz
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Subject: Re: Marking Territory (was deer food)
Author: mdosprey@ARI.Net at NBS-Internet-Gateway
Date: 2/7/98 7:36 AM
Hadn't thought about this one, and the book I'm about to cite is currently on
loan (I hate to admit it, but to a friend who wants to plant stuff to FEED the
deer), but I recall from the 1983 publication "White-tailed Deer: Ecology and
Management" that many people have had success by collecting human hair, putting
it in bits of old nylons (like little bags) and hanging around the yard.
Perhaps this would help minimize the deer impact on whatever might be planted in
the yard. Apparantly the hairs smells like us (duh...) and the deer figure
we're lurking about waiting to snuff them. Now, if my recollection of how this
type of evolution works is correct (and it is almost always at least 1% so)
perhaps eating several of the neighborhood deer before cutting your hair would
enhance this technique. Then you'd smell much more like a specifically
deer-eating carnivore (and the population would be reduced as well)
Happy in Hummerland
Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
The Hummingbird Society
Elkton, Maryland
(302) 369-3699 Society
(410) 392-4491 Home
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> Gary A. Griffith wrote:
> >
> > Sent this to HUMNET and here's a response for Andy (thought is was from
> Norm). I'll post additional responses.
> >
> > Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
> > The Hummingbird Society
> > Elkton, Maryland
> > (302) 369-3699 Society
> > (410) 392-4491 Home
> >
> > ----------
> > > Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 18:46:27
> > > From: Dwight LeBlanc
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list HUMNET-L
> > > Subject: Re: Fw: Hummingbirds and deer
> > >
> > > Gary A. Griffith wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Anybody got an answer to Norm's question ? (See below) I'm at a loss.
> > > >
> > > > Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
> > > > The Hummingbird Society
> > > > Elkton, Maryland
> > > > (302) 369-3699 Society
> > > > (410) 392-4491 Home
> > > Are there any hummer friendly flowers that deer won't eat? Any
> > > > > suggestions would be appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Andy Rabin
> > > > > Gaithersburg, MD
> > > > > andyrab@wam.umd.edu
> > > > >
> > > > >Greetings all--there is a publication on the palatability of different
> > > ornamental plants to deer but i don't remember if it was put out by SUNY
> or
> > > Cornell. If you email your mailing address, i will go through my files
> and
> > > try to find a copy to send to you. Dwight LeBlanc--USDA/APHIS/Wildlife
> > > Services
> > > > >
> > > > >
> Hummingbirds love Maltese Cross (aka Ragged Robin) and Deer don't. At
> least hummingbirds and deer in Montana express those preferences.
> The plant has the added advantage of being the most beautiful red of any
> perennial flower.
>
> Also, you can put blood meal on the ground around almost any low-growing
> herbaceous plant and protect it to some degree. Or you can go out once
> a day and mark your territory. I'll leave the specifics to you.