Tomahawk Model 503 Grackle Trap

Like so many others, I suffer from starlings. They eat everything I feed my native birds. I got my Tomahawk a week ago and finally used it for a couple of hours this morning. I now have 11 starlings less to cuss at. The Tomahawk is well made. Easy to handle and move around. Thank you!

Very satisfied with this trap. It's not particularly easy to design a good trap for pest birds. I've had the trap out for several hours over a couple of days and I've caught 6 grackles and 2 house sparrows so far. That's quite good for the population size that I'm dealing with here. In my situation, I'm only going to have the trap out when I'm around and can keep an eye on it. I have caught other birds that I don't want to harm, like a Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker, Brown Thrasher, and Robin. It's been easy to let them out. I just go out and open the top door and back away and they usually fly out quite quickly. Smaller birds, like Chipping Sparrows can usually find their own way out. I've learned the hard way that you do need to keep an eye on the trap. Grackles that go in, will eventually find their way out. As soon as one goes in, I've learned to go out and take care of it. Otherwise, it will be gone.