Gardening

[sesame]

Originally Posted by SSA

umm, how else are you going to keep birds from eating your fruit? duh.

Anna, I used to think in the similar line... build protective cages and all that. But all these wireless antennae built on rooftops for relaying mobile communications have virtually caused all small birds to vacate the city. I dont see any sparrow nowadays.

[SluttyShemaleAnna]

Originally Posted by sesame

Anna, I used to think in the similar line... build protective cages and all that. But all these wireless antennae built on rooftops for relaying mobile communications have virtually caused all small birds to vacate the city. I dont see any sparrow nowadays.

I'd say it's the big ass pigeons and seagulls that have banished little birdies from cities. It's the lack of habitat, where's a bluetit going to live in the city? No cunt feeds birds anymore, what are they meant to eat, no fucker has a bird box in the city, everyone's cutting down trees because they get sued if a branch falls on someone. Only big fat bin raiding pigeons and seaguls can get any food, a little sparrow doesn't stand a chance. Out here in the country there millions of cute little birdies, that's cos we have bird feeders and bird boxes and we are nice to birds out here, people are fucking rotten cunts to little birdies in the city.

[Ogryn1313]

I live in the country, well mountains, same shit. I feed the birds all the time. We have a lot of what I call "parking lot birds." Little cute brown guys come hopping along pecking at stuff. And I have a hummingbird feeder. One time 4 of them where there. That's rare to see! We have the odd sea gull here sometimes. I figure they get lost since I'm in Kentucky! Lots of predatory birds like hawks. Buzzards. And cranes..ugly. But I always feed the animals. Especially ducks. Can't help but love them. The bird seed attracts other animals too. I have chipmunks and squirrels all over here.

[SluttyShemaleAnna]

Originally Posted by Ogryn1313

I live in the country, well mountains, same shit. I feed the birds all the time. We have a lot of what I call "parking lot birds." Little cute brown guys come hopping along pecking at stuff. And I have a hummingbird feeder. One time 4 of them where there. That's rare to see! We have the odd sea gull here sometimes. I figure they get lost since I'm in Kentucky! Lots of predatory birds like hawks. Buzzards. And cranes..ugly. But I always feed the animals. Especially ducks. Can't help but love them. The bird seed attracts other animals too. I have chipmunks and squirrels all over here.

We put out a load of fat balls on a feeder for the birds at my grandmas house, and we went to the shops for 15 mins and a when we got back squirrels had stolen them all! They are right little robbers, we had to tie them on with wire the next time so the birds got a chance to eat them.

We get a few hawks in our garden, usually chomping on some unfortunate little birdie, but hey, like that singing baboon in the lion king says, thats the circle of life, lol.

We had to ban ducks from our garden, we chase them out when ever they come in. We had a duck nest for hte last 2 years and the ducks managed to trash the whole garden, and eat all our water lillies, so now it's an offical duck free zone. (the lil ducklings were cute tho)

I remember being somewhere in the US where there were dozens of humming birds everywhere, fucked if I can remember there it was tho.

[Ogryn1313]

An English cousin of mine raises peregrine falcons. I'd like to see her in action with them.

Originally the ducks in my town were found only at the lake in the state park. Over the years they've multiplied and moved out into the rivers. When we have little league games it's not uncommon for them to land on the field and disrupt the games.

But for me, I'd say my favorites are the little squirrels and chipmunks who come around. I could watch them for hours. They're really funny. Problem is, where there are small furry cuties there are also long scaly monsters. Lots of snakes. An 8 foot 5 inch timber rattler was killed here recently. And at night out on sidewalks and parking lots you have to keep an eye out for snakes as they soak up the residual heat. I've been bitten once by a copperhead this way.

Our little police station has no cells. Instead there is a bench with a sturdy eye bolt. They cuff a prisoner to this until they can take him t the detention center. One time, a copperhead slithered out from the pop machine. They say the prisoner on the bench actually dragged the bench outside. That's right, its so bad here even the police station is infested.

[SluttyShemaleAnna]

lol, I'm glad there,s only 1 snake in the UK, the Adder and it's not poisonous enough to kill an adult. They are quite rare too.