The Birds

[leefer]

Are really struggling.....the weather is so cold i cant keep the water from icing on the bird table.
Our resident blackbird is ok if looking a little sluggish..back for the fourth winter..amazing how he knows every year.
Alas i think the other birds are taking a severe beating me thinks.

 

[woodlander]

I'm diligently topping up water, replacing suet trays and fat balls etc at a rate of knots since I hung them over the fence beyond my boundaries - birds seem to detour away from my garden. I missed my bird table dreadfully when Elaine returned home with cat in tow 11 years ago - since then she always left home on a piece of elastic but the cat stayed here. I felt it wrong to entice the tweeties into the feline den so I abstained from buying seeds/nuts/suet for a while. I then decided to give Crowley the cat a timetable he must adhere to and the birds had an open-garden-times style menu which used to work pretty well. They risk it for fat/suet etc. but despite me ensuring Crowley doesn't go out at bird table times, they are very wary of my little patch of England - fortunately the neighbours feed them well - birdbrains don't seem to acknowledge that cats climb fences etc. :biggrin:
I do agree they must be struggling, certainly not the usual numbers I'd expected

 

[leefer]

We have two cats....but i think it is more a case of how enclosed your garden is.
I have a smallish garden with fairly high fences....makes birds a little wary.
Also living in a Town the thuggish magpies and seagulls seem to scare the smaller birds.

 

[DaveHam9]

I wonder how my sister is managing with her birds and fat balls in Longford.

 

[p.risboy]

'Our' birds are having a feast.

We make our own brand of fat balls and together with all the usual crushed nuts, seeds, grain and food scraps. They're eating like Kings and Queens.

They're also helping themselves to my chooks feed.:2fun:

They even get a large bowl of warm porridge with dried fruit in the morning, and that doesn't last long.
Muesli seems to be favourite at the moment, I wonder why.

Steve.

 

[leefer]

'Our' birds are having a feast.

We make our own brand of fat balls and together with all the usual crushed nuts, seeds, grain and food scraps. They're eating like Kings and Queens.

They're also helping themselves to my chooks feed.:2fun:

They even get a large bowl of warm porridge with dried fruit in the morning, and that doesn't last long.
Muesli seems to be favourite at the moment, I wonder why.

Steve.

Muesli....maybe there on a diet Steve:biggrin:

I wouldnt say our birds are cheeky but a crow knocked on my door and asked for some brown sauce yesterday...didnt like the sausage out there...was a tad bland he reckoned.

 

[p.risboy]

Muesli....maybe there on a diet Steve:biggrin:

I wouldnt say our birds are cheeky but a crow knocked on my door and asked for some brown sauce yesterday...didnt like the sausage out there...was a tad bland he reckoned.

Blame my missus for their health kick........she buys anything thats on the 'cheapy' shelf for the birds.

As for me........ gimme bacon and tommy sauce.:2fun::2fun:...I'll crow about that.!!:biggrin:

 

[leefer]

Blame my missus for their health kick........she buys anything thats on the 'cheapy' shelf for the birds.

As for me........ gimme bacon and tommy sauce.:2fun::2fun:...I'll crow about that.!!:biggrin:

Well done of course Steve...nothing worse than an undercooked bacon rasher.