General Chat

Sometimes it is impossible to answer my phone and I know the ring, it is mine, because it ringing up a tree in the back garden. Bloody starlings!!!

Ha ha.I have a blackbird who thinks 3 am is a good time to start singing

LOUD !!

Perhaps the blackbirds are thinking the early bird catches the worm lol

While out in the garden a couple of weeks ago, my phone rang. I went in the house to answer it. But it stopped. So 1471, it hadn't rang for quite some time. Then a friend at work said a bird was imitating a phone and I remembered the call while in the garden! It had been a bird.

I wish our local owl wouldn't sit calling on the telegraph post outside our bedroom window just as we are trying to get to sleep.

Caz

That's not an original Caz.You have been watching Victor Meldrew!
He is probably looking in your window at you.

I am wondering if this starling might be a descendant of the one, when they were about, who used to imitate a warblephone. Advanced starling technology.

I love to hear the birds sing - any time :-D

It's been proved that urban birds sing louder than their country cousins. They do so because of the extra town noises.

Now, who believes this?

Re birds, I have problems with thrushes not clearing their empties away. I have received a suggestion that I should leave a small brush and dustpan with their names on to see if they will take the hint :-D
The only difficulty is how do I find out their names when I don't speak Thrush?
Is there anyone as crazy as me who can answer this? :-D
Bert

Herbert you are lucky to have thrushes in your garden, I haven't seen one since I moved here two years ago, I used to love watching them use the big tree stump as a table to get to the insides.
Sharron I don't think I ever saw that episode. You may be right about it looking in my window, and seeing what I wrote about it, it never turned up last night and believe it or not, I missed it, lol.

Caz

Caz, The only thing with thrushes is that they leave the empties on my path,and I am not keen on the crunches when I walk down the garden :-(
I get a lot of different birds in my garden (it is wild and overgrown), including a wren a few years ago nesting in a hole in the house next door. Not bad considering I live in a city !
Bert

Seagulls are our most frequent visitors. They send out alarm calls if anyone dares to come or go from the house at what 'they' think is not a suitable time. They start up at silly o'clock in the morning and can be quite a nuisance in other ways too.
I was feeling rather pleased that we seem to have got away this year without nesting gulls waiting for the milkman, then tearing the top off the bottle and knocking the contents onto our path., but on Monday a neighbour told me of their latest escapade. They peck violently at our car, or her son's. We presume they are having a go at their reflection because they haven't attacked other cars in the street, which have no reflections showing. Car now has many small scratches.
A good excuse not to clean the car too often.

Gwyn

Herbert - birds are multi-lingual. They need to be because of their meanderings.

On the other hand, we monolingual humans can remain silent in numerous languages.

Maybe Dermot, but when I left a note asking them to clear the empty shells, they just ignored it, so I think that they either can't read, don't understand English, or are being ****** minded.
Bert

Lindsey,
I noticed you had replied to this post, so I hope you read this OK. Did I ever thank you for the help you gave me in Feb 2008 re the Clipstons? I've a feeling I did not, so I will now. I humbly apologize and hope I am forgiven. You and SueC really helped with your information.
Bert

Bert they need a hard surface to crack the shell and kill the snail, hence the path. Just unfortunate for you to have to crunch them.

Caz

I agree it's unfortunate Caz, but better empty than full (I've had a lot of those as well). Where are all the hedgehogs when you need them?
Bert

I have not seen an anvil now for over twenty years. There was a young song thrush down the neighbours garden the other day. It was a bit fearless and hopped up to within a couple of yards of me so I had to go indoors.

My cat is obsessed with me, and quite rightly so in my opinion, and is never more than about five yards from me, so I went away to keep turdus philomena safe.