Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay off topic but............

[KuzzinKenny]

When the weather's this bad, remember and feed our feathered friends or any wildlife for that matter  

im a big softie when it comes to wildlife  :oops:  i'd share me last deep fryed mars bar and a can O Iron Bru with a bluetit !!  :shock:

and there's a few of them about when its this cold !! boom !! boom !!  :lol:  :lol:

KK

[Bixxer Bob]

I wish it were possible to put an ASBO on the Starlings.  I put out ample food for the other birds we get in the garden but the Starlings chase the others off.  

We also have a Robin that has a hard time of it up against the other birds but after watching his feeding patterns for a couple of days I put a few mealworms under some shrubbery where he grubs around but where the others don't seem to bother looking.

We're all a bit soft if the truth were known... :oops:

[Mustang]

 

NSFW

http://www.myposeforyou.com/albums/Very ... e_tits.jpg (http://www.myposeforyou.com/albums/Very-Nude-And-Very-Amazing/Big_blue_tits.jpg)

oh wait.......................you mean these

[John Stenhouse]

Feed the Starlings too, 70% decline in numbers of those recently too. Put another kilo out today, only lasts two or three days here  :shock:

[Bixxer Bob]

You should see the Starlings go at a lard block.   They love them and it's all gone in about half an hour.  No shortage of them round here BTW... they are great singers especially on a bright spring morning, but when it comes to feeding the others don't get a look in.  I've also got Wagtails and Bluetits to try to feed.

Whilst on the subjerct of birds, I had a special moment this morning; Red Kites have made a successful return to our area in recent years and I often see them soaring on light thermals in the fields near our village.  Driving back from Peterborough I spotted one circling very low - much lower than normal - and close to the road.  Suddenly it swooped and touched the ground just the other side of the hedge from where I was so I stopped for a look  - just in time to see it steal a small animal from a crow on the ground and make off with it.  I wasn't sure if thhis was normal behaviour until I got home and looked it up.  Seems it is, sort of...

[zombie2]

and put a collar with a bell on any cats you own as they are responsible for the major decline in bird wildlife in britian and europe , they kill just for the sake of it.

[Timbox2]

Earlier in the year I went to the Red Kite feeding station near Rhayader, amazing, what looked like hundreds of them circling waiting for the tractor to come round with the grub, one of the highlights of the year, unfortunately I didn't have the DSLR then and the compact couldn't do it justice, will have to go back I reckon :)


Just checked the date, was last year actually, thats it im going senile

[KuzzinKenny]

and put a collar with a bell on any cats you own as they are responsible for the major decline in bird wildlife in britian and europe , they kill just for the sake of it.

+ 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

great advice !!

KK

[KuzzinKenny]

 

NSFW

http://www.myposeforyou.com/albums/Very ... e_tits.jpg (http://www.myposeforyou.com/albums/Very-Nude-And-Very-Amazing/Big_blue_tits.jpg)

oh wait.......................you mean these

       

haven't seen a pair like that for a long time  :shock:

KK

[NKL]

To feed the small birds I use fat balls, just string the little net they come in from a small branch making sure there isn't anything near it that a bigger bird can purch on, if the only way of feeding is to hang on to the ball/net itself it seems to only interest the small ones.

[Bixxer Bob]

So we all have a softer side???   :lol:

[KuzzinKenny]

I also have one of these feedin at me birdtable................

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... index.aspx (http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.aspx)

but its not interested in me fat balls  :shock:

nature, eh !!

it is a stunnin bird !!

KK

[KuzzinKenny]

To feed the small birds I use fat balls, just string the little net they come in from a small branch making sure there isn't anything near it that a bigger bird can purch on, if the only way of feeding is to hang on to the ball/net itself it seems to only interest the small ones.

everyone thinks they're doing the right thing and then..........

http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.asp ... m:9-196968 (http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.aspx?id=tcm:9-196968)

after seein this i got a fat ball holder and remove the nets !!

KK

[aeronca]

got a few of these guy's up by me, but i dont think i'll be feeding them 8)

[Spud]

Kenny is only fattening them up so he can eat them when all the other food runs out, -21 bit  :shock:  cool up north mate. Take care cheers Spud