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| Posted: Fri Dec 13th, 2024 23:37 |
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Eric
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Lovely shot Iain….but it made me very sad and remorseful. I went in the garden a couple of days back to blow some of the leaves off the lawn. I store the blower in the same shed as the food stocks for the bird. Started up the blower and it wouldn’t blow despite it smoking and whirring. Stopped it and looked up the spout and it was crammed with peanuts and leaves. The woodmice had ONCE AGAIN stashed the spilled nuts and seed up my spout. Shook it and banged it about, started it again and air started to flow but not enough. So I rammed a broom handle down the spout and there was a sudden thud as the broom met the rotating fan. The nuts and leaves came flying out ….along with a little woodmouse with its head nearly chopped off. I felt so bad. Poor little thing had made itself a nest with winter provisions and I had killed it. I should have learnt! A few years back I had a similar experience and the mother had 4 young in there! That time the banging remove 2 before I started the motor. Thinking they we’re all out I started the fan and the others flew out at jet speed …one survived to escape somewhat dazed. After that I made sure the blowers spout was wedged against a wall to stop them getting in there. I must have inadvertently moved it this time allowing them to get up the tunnel hideaway. I left the carcass on a bench ( not entirely sure it wasn’t a pregnant female ) ….a magpie was grateful for a warm meal.  I didn’t dare tell Jan…she would chop something off mine off!!!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 14th, 2024 09:18 |
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Iain
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Unfortunately it's just one of those things, we do our best but sometimes it goes wrong. A friend of mine puts peanuts out for the bank Voles and sits watching them. On one occasion as he was watching them a kestrel came in and took one. He was going to stop feeding them but I said he was doing more good than harm feeding them as it gave them food to store.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 14th, 2024 09:33 |
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chrisbet
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Well he is feeding the kestrels too!
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| Posted: Mon Dec 16th, 2024 23:45 |
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chrisbet
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Playing with the 28 - 70 Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 11:15 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:Another idea - use fishing line to suspend between tree / post and house / another tree / post - as long as the feeder is high enough and far enough away from trees it should be squirrel proof - the line will be too thin and wobbly for them - could also reel it in on pulleys to refil feeder from upstairs window???? Squirrel deterrent up date: The plastic dome does work! No squirrel has been able to navigate the wobbly perspex canopy and they seem to have lost interest in that feeder. Unfortunately, the blackbirds and Doves, having learnt how to hover flapping and grab seeds, are not happily frequenting the squirrel free zone!!!!!! So the little birds are STILL obstructed ...now by flapping bigger birds.  Time to add a wire cage round the feeder 
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 11:37 |
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Eric
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Horsey photo for Chris.  .... Click here to comment on this image. The Bridle/ Bridal play on words reminds me of the old joke... Just married couple book into their honeymoon hotel... The receptionist asks the Groom "Would you like the Bridal Suite?" He replies "That is sweet of you, but No. I will grip onto her ears till I get the hang of it" Now leaving the room. 
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23rd, 2025 13:12 |
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Eric
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Probably less cryptic spelling..... Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26th, 2025 10:25 |
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Graham Whistler
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A little view from my past, Rhodesia 1965 Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27th, 2025 12:27 |
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jk
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Graham Whistler wrote:A little view from my past, Rhodesia 1965 Superb shot Graham. My sort of photo. I wish we had Baobab trees in UK.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27th, 2025 15:36 |
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Iain
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Graham Whistler wrote:A little view from my past, Rhodesia 1965 is that a AI cheetah Graham?
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