Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#77, Jeane is he fat because you feed him bread and Buddha?
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Very good Peter
He gets dried worms, hi-energy pellets and suet.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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On the peanut issue. I too have heard the warning, it seems that the odd bird feeds it's young on whole nuts and these can choke the young bird. I still use peanuts, but in mesh balls, this way the bird has to peck to get a bit of nut at a time, I have noticed that some tits will fly off to a branch with a whole nut and peck at them there, holding the nut down with one 'foot'.
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Another food I have discovered, the soaked cat biscuits that I tried as I had run out of mealworms are disappearing very fast.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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We have been soaking stale bread in the fat off the top of the stockpot, the birds seem to love it. Yesterday we had blackbirds, a wood pigeon and a pair of jackdaws all feeding together which is quite unusual.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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opposite to me peter, wood pigeons always in pairs and jackdaws solo.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I actually saw a pair of long tailed tits who are my favourite birds flitting round the shrubs this morning.
Agreed Peter the birds love bread spread or soaked with left over fat.
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BTW
Talking of the dangers of feeding the wrong stuff to the young...
Essex school bans triangular flapjacks after injury
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/25/essex-school-bans-triangular-flapjacksIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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a flying flapjack is the essex equivalent of a scud missile.
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a triumph of optimism over bitter experience.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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That cat has obviously had a run in with a seagull before and lost.
Years ago we had a small cat that managed to catch a seagull but it nearly lifted her off the ground when it took flight. The result was a complete loss of dignity and a mouthful of feathers, she never bothered with trying to catch a seagull again.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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she went for a seagull when she was a kitten and came out looking a right mess, doesn't stop her creeping up on one now and again - they don't pay much attention now though.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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here we have a wood pigeon resident in mr newsam's garden, nicknamed er erm stumpy!!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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it pays to get up earlier than the seagull.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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after 6 months of waiting i finally witnessed some befeathered creatures getting a gut full of the seed i put out.
Alec Sheldon- Location: Dover
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Has your moggy snuffed it then Howard.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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alec
you would not believe the time i spent positioning that feeder, had to think like a special forces soldier looking for ambush points and danger areas.
she sits on top of the shed next door with fur stuck out in rage but knows she cannot get there.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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seems a fairly recent thing at the riverside centre.
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Don't feed birds in summer ,give them water
In summer the birds work for us by eating the insects
Feed the birds in the winter, and more in the snow.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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you're right keith but i do enjoy seeing the birds in my garden and this is the only way to attract them.