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Post by Louise on May 20, 2011 18:43:57 GMT
 ;D ;D I have got to tell you ....... !!!!! I just went downstairs and as i walked into the dining room i saw a bird sitting ontop of the bird feeder 'tree'. It was a wood pidgeon and it was on the highest point - which is above the hanging feeders ! This pidgeon then swung over and forward and hung upside down with its beak inside of the hole tucking into the sunflower hearts ! It can maintain this position for about 30 seconds before falling forward into a flapping fall ! I couldn't believe my eyes, it did it 3 times !!!!!
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Post by Tel on May 20, 2011 18:46:48 GMT
We have more sparrows and starlings with their young than anything else, i love watching their parents teaching them how to bathe. ;D
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Post by merlin on May 20, 2011 18:59:50 GMT
I note that not many of you have Magpies, your welcome to mine. I no longer feed the birds anymore as they don't get a look in.
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Post by Tel on May 20, 2011 19:10:12 GMT
I note that not many of you have Magpies, your welcome to mine. I no longer feed the birds anymore as they don't get a look in. We have a few, but it has only been the odd occasion when they have actually taken any food. There is a lot of Magpies on the allotments. |
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Post by merlin on May 20, 2011 19:25:33 GMT
The problem here is that they have an enormous ugly nest in the tree. they take all the food we put out unless we stand over it. They are always trying to steal the Dove eggs mostly succeeding. I I could I would take great pleasure in killing them.
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Post by steve on May 20, 2011 19:27:49 GMT
;D ;D I have got to tell you ....... !!!!! I just went downstairs and as i walked into the dining room i saw a bird sitting ontop of the bird feeder 'tree'. It was a wood pidgeon and it was on the highest point - which is above the hanging feeders ! This pidgeon then swung over and forward and hung upside down with its beak inside of the hole tucking into the sunflower hearts ! It can maintain this position for about 30 seconds before falling forward into a flapping fall ! I couldn't believe my eyes, it did it 3 times !!!!! It's amazing how they work out these methods! |
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Post by Lou78W on May 20, 2011 19:30:24 GMT
Crafty little beggers!!  |
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Post by Louise on May 21, 2011 6:26:54 GMT
I note that not many of you have Magpies, your welcome to mine. I no longer feed the birds anymore as they don't get a look in. Ah but we do Merlin, having 2 parks and large woods within spitting distance means there's tons of 'em  However, they are culled ...... it keeps their number under control. 4 years ago their numbers here were just shocking, it really was extreme and the year after that something happened and the numbers dropped over a 2 week period ....... now we never see more than 3 or 4 at a time. It certainly gives the small birds a chance to raise their young. We see a few crows and hear the buzzards but apart from that, it's all good  |
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Post by Louise on May 21, 2011 6:28:14 GMT
Crafty little beggers!! Lou, i could NOT believe my eyes !!! I've put the ground feeder mesh dish thingy out again so they can feed easier ! |
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Post by merlin on May 21, 2011 15:56:13 GMT
I note that not many of you have Magpies, your welcome to mine. I no longer feed the birds anymore as they don't get a look in. Ah but we do Merlin, having 2 parks and large woods within spitting distance means there's tons of 'em However, they are culled ...... it keeps their number under control. 4 years ago their numbers here were just shocking, it really was extreme and the year after that something happened and the numbers dropped over a 2 week period ....... now we never see more than 3 or 4 at a time. It certainly gives the small birds a chance to raise their young. We see a few crows and hear the buzzards but apart from that, it's all good Who culls them Louise, wish they would cull mine, I wonder how they do it, probably a shotgun. My trap contraption isn't working, they're too smart.  |
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Post by Louise on May 21, 2011 16:10:46 GMT
That summer i heard shotguns going off up in the woods behind here so i presumed it was that way.
We hear it regularly now and the numbers are still low so i'm adding two and two ...... !
As much as i like nature to do its own thing there has to be a balance and there definately wasn't before this.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 21, 2011 19:29:21 GMT
I went out today because the birds were making such a noise. I thought the Magpie was raiding nests or a falcon was in the garden but no, they had emptied all the fat ball feeders  |
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Post by Cherry on May 21, 2011 19:47:03 GMT
We have magpies here. They eat disgusting waste from the dogs and rabbits which are too much for the cats. They don't bother me because there is plenty of room here for all of them.
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Post by Louise on May 22, 2011 10:39:21 GMT
We have magpies here. They eat disgusting waste from the dogs and rabbits which are too much for the cats. They don't bother me because there is plenty of room here for all of them. Ugh, i dislike them even more now. |
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Post by Louise on May 24, 2011 18:49:53 GMT
OH has just told me that at 6am this morning there was a Jay feeding at the ground feeder  I saw one in the huge cherry tree back in the winter and that was my first ever siting of one and now this ! Sadly i missed it |
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