RE: IN THE GARDEN - 2

#16 by Slow Jo , Thu May 22, 2014 9:43 pm

They eat till they can hardly fly.

Time to go friends,catch you soon ,good night

#17 by Sheldonboy , Thu May 22, 2014 9:50 pm

Goodnight Joe

#18 by Voltman , Thu May 22, 2014 10:03 pm

Seventeen fancy pigeons. Two of them eat from my hand.
Four squirrels, hand fed Hobnob biscuits if they feel brave, or fight with the magpies if we have to throw them.

#19 by astoness , Fri May 23, 2014 6:46 am

those squirrels must know you well then volty..mine are not too timid but i have not got them eating from my hand yet..

#20 by Voltman , Fri May 23, 2014 8:48 am

One of the squirrels is very pushy, he comes into the sun lounge if we are slow getting the biscuit out of the tin. He pulls it off us and runs away a couple of yards before turning back to look at us. I'm sure he gives us a nod of thanks.
Unlike other animals squirrels don't like human chatter, so I think the trick is to say nothing, not even clucking and tutting sounds as they are alarm calls in squirrel talk.

#21 by Sheldonboy , Fri May 23, 2014 1:25 pm

Volty you never cease to amaze me. I never knew that you were fluent in squirrel.

#22 by astoness , Fri May 23, 2014 6:29 pm

Quote: Sheldonboy wrote in post #21
Volty you never cease to amaze me. I never knew that you were fluent in squirrel.

leave volty alone SB..i think he has given some sound advice...i shall now stop clucking at the squirrels..

#23 by Slow Jo , Fri May 23, 2014 7:57 pm

Got home from market,black bird bawling and shouting ,went to look,only a magpie and a crow in the garden,a magpie killed a baby blackbird last year,so cleared them off.

#24 by astwood , Fri May 23, 2014 8:00 pm

The magpies have taken over up here

#25 by Slow Jo , Fri May 23, 2014 8:02 pm

Over here it's woodpigeons they are a menace,put food on the table ,it's gone in no time.

#26 by Sheldonboy , Fri May 23, 2014 8:10 pm

Our wood pigeons fascinate me, they look like cartoon characters.

#27 by astwood , Fri May 23, 2014 8:12 pm

Quote: Sheldonboy wrote in post #26
Our wood pigeons fascinate me, they look like cartoon characters.

We use to eat them when i was young

#28 by Slow Jo , Fri May 23, 2014 8:14 pm

I heard of pigeon pie but never had it.

#29 by astwood , Fri May 23, 2014 8:21 pm

We use to cook them on a sick over the fire in the woods

#30 by Sheldonboy , Fri May 23, 2014 8:22 pm

Quote: astwood wrote in post #29
We use to cook them on a sick over the fire in the woods

You used to cook em on a what?

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