Date: 1/26/26 9:25 pm From: Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Sign "Pro" on Washington House Bill 2516 (Banning rodenticides) until 9:30am tomorrow
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.
Tom Dorrance
On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 9:02 PM Kevin Lucas via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> I watched this video:
>
> https://youtu.be/d2FkVSUOffg?si=YBvVuSERIuw1Hnx_ >
> 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.
>
> Birds don't go into mine. Rodents do.
>
> I'd fabricated something similar for a friend before googletubing &
> finding this design. It too worked. Don't fret the details.
>
> Good birding,
> https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ > Kevin Lucas
> Yakima County, WA
>
>
>
> *Qui tacet consentire videtur*
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM Jerry Tangren via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
>
>> Please what are the weapons against rat infestations? People need to hear
>> what the alternatives currently are.
>>
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>> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces...> on behalf
>> of Mariya Tikunova via Tweeters <tweeters...>
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2026 7:41:28 PM
>> *To:* <tweeters...> <tweeters...>
>> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Sign "Pro" on Washington House Bill 2516 (Banning
>> rodenticides) until 9:30am tomorrow
>>
>> HB 2516 is scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on
>> Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM tomorrow (1/27/2026).
>>
>> Someone posted this on another birding channel I follow:
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> *Speak up for birds:* 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
>> these rodenticides while more research is conducted about the impacts and
>> alternatives.
>>
>> 2.
>>
>> [image: 👉] *You can sign in "PRO" until 9:30 tomorrow* to show your
>> support for this bill.
>> https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/House?selectedCommittee=31649&selectedMeeting=33749 >>
>>
>>
>> When I signed around 6:50pm there were 434 Pro and 120 Con signatures.
>> Now, 25 minutes later, there are 445 Pro and 127 Con, so 11 Pro and 7
>> Con in 25 minutes. I am hoping people here will want to sign to keep Pros
>> growing.
>>
>> Sorry for the late call to action!
>> - Mariya
>>
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