Thankfully my two haven't brought a bird or mouse in for at least two years, hopefully they've finally grown out of it but Harry still catches the odd butterfly and dragonfly though!
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right, the only difference is they're wrong
Domino chased a pigeon (Walters cousin Woody)down the side of the house and there was a bit of a commotion - Woody flew into the lower of the kitchen door and left deposits and wing marks …
Domino does not chase birds so goodness knows what got into him today…
There's a sparrows nest under the front roof eave by my bedroom. I can hear the chicks chirping - non-stop! They nested there last year as well. Wherever the nest is tucked in, it's behind the guttering. I can't understand how it desn't get washed away in heavy rain.
When I got to Tesco this morning, I noticed how dirty the nearside mirror was. I went to clean it and it was covered front and back with bird poo, all down the door as well. I assumed it must have happened yesterday where my car had been parked under trees for a while. I left my car away from fence when I got home in order to clean things.
As I opened the door with a brush and can of water, said parent sparrows mentioned in above post where sitting on the wing mirror! A coincident maybe? I moved the car back alongside the fence after cleaning, and an hour later took a peak from the door and there they were, mum on the mirror and dad clinging onto the window rubber happily chirping and pecking the mirror occasionally. The nest has been in use for at least a month, and they sit on the fence a lot, so why they have started doing this now.
I had to clean it all again this morning, and refix the rubber seal across the window where the cockbird's gripping had pulled it loose! I've solved the problem now, I fixed a pink plastic bag over the wing mirror and it has stopped them. I think they were trying to see off their own reflections in the mirror. birdbrains
Hope I remember to take the bag off next time I go out.
Collared Doves are nesting in my sister's garden. I noticed the male collecting what looked like nesting material two weeks ago so I watched where he took it, the hen was already in situ and as their eggs hatch between 14 and 18 days they should become parents very soon. Their nest, if you can call it that is an open weave shallow dish of lightweight twigs that's precariously built in a flat Y branch of a flimsy shrub just 6 or 7 foot up, but it does mean we should get a good view of the chicks when they hatch
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right, the only difference is they're wrong
Yes, pigeon and dove nests are far from cosy. The pigeons often come back to the same nest and just add a bit to it each time. Dave & Dora dove nested in the tree above the pigeons last year. It was around July, so may be they wiil come back too. It's great to watch.