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Humour / Re: Electric vehicles
« Last post by Athame57 on Today at 03:44:38 PM »
Always surprised me as a kid that the birds knew there was something to eat in a non natural container.
We've seen a big resurgence in small birds here in our immediate surroundings, with a "reduction" in squirrel population the bird eggs survive.
Although last week a sparrow hawk came and took a small bird as it tried to get desperately into some bushes right outside rear door of house.
Think it was sparrow, as primarily brown with banding on tail feathers, and of that size too. Considerable speed and dexterity in hunting and quite something to watch.
A fair few owl and woodpecker in wider tree cover around this location.
No, no...squirrels hardly ever eat eggs! I've had reared young squirrels and have adults coming into my home all the time to eat. They will eat the most weird things too, soap, cheese and candles included but both hen and little quail's eggs get ignored. Once in a while a squirrel will take over a nesting hole but the masses of rose ringed parakeets that are taking over London are the real problem there. Crows eat out of date hens eggs I sometimes put out, and fast. Cats people find convenient to put out kill, kill and kill anything they can. Sparrowhawks are and even Peregrines recently around here cut into pigeon populations!