Bird watching
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Eat your hearts out lads……she’s the splitting image of my wife 
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Ray B
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Re: Bird watching
The Robin family has now left the flower pot and the tits have all fledged as well, but now we have new occupants in one of the tit boxes, Bees.
Having been on Mr Google they are tree bees, and only arrived in the country about 20 years and like to rock up and nest in the tit boxes. Apparently there are lots of households reporting having had them taking over the titboxes.
My Veiw is so long as they don't bother me I will not bother them, but it's interesting to watch them.
Having been on Mr Google they are tree bees, and only arrived in the country about 20 years and like to rock up and nest in the tit boxes. Apparently there are lots of households reporting having had them taking over the titboxes.
My Veiw is so long as they don't bother me I will not bother them, but it's interesting to watch them.
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Stephen
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Re: Bird watching
Same hereRay B wrote: 20 May 2020, 11:43The Robin family has now left the flower pot and the tits have all fledged as well, but now we have new occupants in one of the tit boxes, Bees.
Having been on Mr Google they are tree bees, and only arrived in the country about 20 years and like to rock up and nest in the tit boxes. Apparently there are lots of households reporting having had them taking over the titboxes.
My Veiw is so long as they don't bother me I will not bother them, but it's interesting to watch them.
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Just saving Mob a job 
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Hi Ray…like wise with our gas tank Robins, the sparrows a feeding chicks as I speak, the crows are…well I can’t see them as the Oak tree is in full leaf, however Mom and Dad are still about so I’m presuming farmer Giles will have something to shoot at latter in the year. Sadly, not good news about our wrens…as you may recall the nest was situated on a fence post but I think going in and out of the gate adjacent has made them desert the nest.Ray B wrote: 20 May 2020, 11:43The Robin family has now left the flower pot and the tits have all fledged as well, but now we have new occupants in one of the tit boxes, Bees.
Having been on Mr Google they are tree bees, and only arrived in the country about 20 years and like to rock up and nest in the tit boxes. Apparently there are lots of households reporting having had them taking over the titboxes.
My Veiw is so long as they don't bother me I will not bother them, but it's interesting to watch them.
Better new on the girls Molly and Maude who seem to be getting along so much better…just the odd peck from time to time.
Regarding wasps…we had some in a artificial made Swift nest last year but as it was over a seating area I had to move them on with a can of WD40…better to be safe than sorry as the last time I got stung by a wasp my hand swelled up to the size of a blown up rubber glove.
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Manoverboard
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Re: Bird watching
I'm not into rubber gloves like wot some are, but can any of you bird fanciers tell me how to get shot of the baby doves / pigeons / ostriches that are contantly pooping in my gutters ? 
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Manoverboard wrote: 20 May 2020, 13:23I'm not into rubber gloves like wot some are, but can any of you bird fanciers tell me how to get shot of the baby doves / pigeons / ostriches that are contantly pooping in my gutters ?![]()
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Manoverboard
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Re: Bird watching
That's all well 'n' good but if I use my trusty 20 bore I'll take the bl**dy windows out as wellOnelife wrote: 20 May 2020, 13:27Manoverboard wrote: 20 May 2020, 13:23I'm not into rubber gloves like wot some are, but can any of you bird fanciers tell me how to get shot of the baby doves / pigeons / ostriches that are contantly pooping in my gutters ?![]()
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Stephen
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Re: Bird watching
Manoverboard wrote: 20 May 2020, 13:23I'm not into rubber gloves like wot some are, but can any of you bird fanciers tell me how to get shot of the baby doves / pigeons / ostriches that are contantly pooping in my gutters ?![]()
Get and train a hawk
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Manoverboard
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Re: Bird watching
Good planStephen wrote: 20 May 2020, 14:56Manoverboard wrote: 20 May 2020, 13:23I'm not into rubber gloves like wot some are, but can any of you bird fanciers tell me how to get shot of the baby doves / pigeons / ostriches that are contantly pooping in my gutters ?![]()
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Ray B
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Re: Bird watching
Must admit, you are the first person I know who have Ostriches shitting on your roof. Must be a well to do area, pulling my forelock as I post.Manoverboard wrote: 20 May 2020, 13:23I'm not into rubber gloves like wot some are, but can any of you bird fanciers tell me how to get shot of the baby doves / pigeons / ostriches that are contantly pooping in my gutters ?![]()
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Manoverboard
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Re: Bird watching
Really, no kidding ... maybe you just need to get out moreRay B wrote: 20 May 2020, 16:57Must admit, you are the first person I know who have Ostriches shitting on your roof ....![]()
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Hi Mob, in the absence of any realistic suggestions....how about taking a drive until you find a road kill cat, bring it home, sprinkle it with your best aftershave then sling it on the roof, that should keep them away....or not wishing to upset Stephen buy yourself a stuffed tabby and place that on the roof.
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Ray B wrote: 20 May 2020, 16:57Must admit, you are the first person I know who have Ostriches shitting on your roof. Must be a well to do area, pulling my forelock as I post.Manoverboard wrote: 20 May 2020, 13:23I'm not into rubber gloves like wot some are, but can any of you bird fanciers tell me how to get shot of the baby doves / pigeons / ostriches that are contantly pooping in my gutters ?![]()
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Stephen
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Re: Bird watching
Onelife wrote: 20 May 2020, 18:27Hi Mob, in the absence of any realistic suggestions....how about taking a drive until you find a road kill cat, bring it home, sprinkle it with your best aftershave then sling it on the roof, that should keep them away....or not wishing to upset Stephen buy yourself a stuffed tabby and place that on the roof.
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It works better with headless chickens
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Stephen wrote: 21 May 2020, 07:18Onelife wrote: 20 May 2020, 18:27Hi Mob, in the absence of any realistic suggestions....how about taking a drive until you find a road kill cat, bring it home, sprinkle it with your best aftershave then sling it on the roof, that should keep them away....or not wishing to upset Stephen buy yourself a stuffed tabby and place that on the roof.
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It works better with headless chickens
Poor Dotty
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Manoverboard
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Re: Bird watching
Road kill in these ere parts is pheasants mainly .... cats are very rare and headless chickens even rarer 
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screwy
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Re: Bird watching
I’d rather get rid of the cats than the birds, bloody things always crapping in my garden.
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
Get stuffed MobManoverboard wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:05Road kill in these ere parts is pheasants mainly .... cats are very rare and headless chickens even rarer![]()
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Manoverboard
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Re: Bird watching
Unfortunately I can't eat ' stuffed ' whole chicken ... no idea why but it upsets one's tum and regardless of source, maybe it's the filthy bacteria filled chicken rather than the stuffingOnelife wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:38Get stuffed MobManoverboard wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:05Road kill in these ere parts is pheasants mainly .... cats are very rare and headless chickens even rarer![]()
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Re: Bird watching
The headless chickens are generally to be seen asking questions on the daily briefing.Manoverboard wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:05Road kill in these ere parts is pheasants mainly .... cats are very rare and headless chickens even rarer![]()
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Stephen
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Re: Bird watching
Our Moggy Monty had the audacity to pee on my freshly seeded soil this morning. I got my own back though by giving him his second dose of his six monthly worming treatment. He's now avoiding me like the plague for some reasonscrewy wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:32I’d rather get rid of the cats than the birds, bloody things always crapping in my garden.
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Manoverboard
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Re: Bird watching
Praps you're supposed to put it in his mouth ... just sayingStephen wrote: 21 May 2020, 11:59Our Moggy Monty had the audacity to pee on my freshly seeded soil this morning. I got my own back though by giving him his second dose of his six monthly worming treatment. He's now avoiding me like the plague for some reasonscrewy wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:32I’d rather get rid of the cats than the birds, bloody things always crapping in my garden.![]()
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Onelife
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Re: Bird watching
I was thinking more along the lines of a stuffed cat!!Manoverboard wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:52Unfortunately I can't eat ' stuffed ' whole chicken ... no idea why but it upsets one's tum and regardless of source, maybe it's the filthy bacteria filled chicken rather than the stuffingOnelife wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:38Get stuffed MobManoverboard wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:05Road kill in these ere parts is pheasants mainly .... cats are very rare and headless chickens even rarer![]()
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Stephen
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Re: Bird watching
Manoverboard wrote: 21 May 2020, 12:01Praps you're supposed to put it in his mouth ... just sayingStephen wrote: 21 May 2020, 11:59Our Moggy Monty had the audacity to pee on my freshly seeded soil this morning. I got my own back though by giving him his second dose of his six monthly worming treatment. He's now avoiding me like the plague for some reasonscrewy wrote: 21 May 2020, 09:32I’d rather get rid of the cats than the birds, bloody things always crapping in my garden.![]()
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Unless I purchase chain male of the highest quality for my arms he gets it on the back of his neck via a pipette. And you have to be cunning and quick even then. The bu99er can sense immediately when he's in for some treatment.