Magpies are the bane of my life 'ere.
I said bicycles are venerable on the road. You said 'no'. Consider my hippo side swiping a bycyclist and later on a car. Said bycyclist is more venerable than a car. Its not really an arguement. Bicyclists have no protection against a machine like a car. On a bike yer fall oft and get smashed up. The swiped car would have eggspensive damage to repair. Same for ma hippo.
Eye have one of these. Stops them feeding from the tube but they can hang sideways oft it to pick wurms oft the plate at the bottom. There's a little burd that pulls wurms oot the tube and drops them inside. Not by mustake. He/she will happily drop 30 at a time. Eye can only assume this is to help other burds. Me plan is to encase it in two hanging basket cages. Join it to the top and bottom somehow. Theory is to make sure the little burds get priority. When feeding wiv bowls previously eye noticed bigger burds scaring away the little ones.Magpies are the bane of my life 'ere.
I think as a bikerer you learn to see more, not just look harder and more used to seeing a smaller object in the road
They hunt in packs 'ere -usually of about 10 birds but can be as many as 20 or 30 at a time.
Watched one empty a blackbirds nest of chicks that were almost fully grown no wonder gamekeepers shoot them thay decimate the small song bird population thay are to intelligent as are all covidsMagpies are the bane of my life 'ere.
Do you do the bike lifesaver in the car too. I do freaks people out going on a motorway looking backwards
It's normally the shock that kills most wild life not the injury if enyThey hunt in packs 'ere -usually of about 10 birds but can be as many as 20 or 30 at a time.
Last week I had a very sad experience when one of the youngsters smashed into my bedroom window early in the morning. When I got up- a couple of hours later it was lying on its back with its feet wiggling in the air. I rescued it and supported it amongst the plants - it was out for the count but certainly hadn't broken its neck. I checked on it at 10am before I took the dogs out but, again. it was on its back with its feet wiggling in the air and it was now raining on it. Action was needed so I picked it up and made it comfortable and warm inside a covered plant propagater. I even tried to give it a drink by syringing water into its huge beak which it obliged by opening it. It did seem to be a bit more with it and was grateful for another drink so I checked on it every couple of hours giving it more water. At 10pm - the last dog trip out time - I looked in on it and it did seem to still be a bit more 'with it' - a lot of its family had been around looking for it and did discover where it was but they couldn't get at it. I was not sure if they would have pecked it to death.
The next morning it had died. I know now that magpies do indeed mourn their dead - I have never had so many visitors and they saw that I buried it. They all kept away for three full days - I'm sure they blamed me for its demise.
Yes, I am sure that was the reason for this bird - it was a young one who obviously hadn't quite worked out where to go and where not to.
If you want to make him very happy plant a hazelnut
He was a private guy doing a demo for a private sale. Nice car a Renault Gordini. At least he admitted it was his fault straight away and paid cash for the damage!
