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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 24 9:12 am Post subject:
mr blackbird has polished his beak to full yellow, mrs b has stylish clothes the very clean 5 rather like pastry based snacks

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 24 7:57 am Post subject:
Sounds as if it won't be long before the dress clothes end up as working clothes while they try to feed hungry youngsters.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 24 10:39 am Post subject:

the daws are getting familiar with the menu, i am learning good daws baits

when i get the shiny fitted up again, i recon daws in flight is possible and will look rather nice

i might need to use the remote as they are still a bit shy for hand held up close and personal at 3M so take the volume of airspace from a fixed tripod/set camera with the wifi remote to trigger the burst shoot when they turn up will probably be best

an umbrella clip for the tripod needs fabrication

the camera is robust, but not that robust
the plastic bag thing can be "sweaty", the shower hat thing it came with is amusing but useless in the real world

a clip on one tripod leg, adjustable for tilt and height, sun shade or rain hat

and it might deter perching and worse

seeing a large bird on an expensive camera is a little tense

"how much will it cost to get the guano out of the switches and lens mechanism?" is not a question i wish to ask

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 24 10:40 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Sounds as if it won't be long before the dress clothes end up as working clothes while they try to feed hungry youngsters.

shotgun wedding with a minister and a midwife?

dpack

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Posted: Tue Mar 26, 24 3:02 pm Post subject:

the daws are clever and funny when getting mealworms from a "small bird" feeder
they are very careful not to let their rellies see them dining with the sparrows and pigeons, embarrassment or "ours"? could be both

a start is made on well-placed shiny, i need to do quite a bit more even with the bramble trimmed it is still shady in the canyon, fortunately it is "light duties" and almost possible, some bits i will need assistance with steps etc, upsetting but realistic

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 24 7:53 am Post subject:
As you say Dpack; realistic. It is better to be realistic than to end up laid up. Our main visitors of a non-human kind yesterday were buzzards high above us and a number of probably wood mice. I saw 2 yesterday, one of which was in a box pallet where it had no business to be. We need to shift the birch again to ensure there are none setting up home in the bottom of the pile.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8621
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 24 10:04 am Post subject:
https://tiggerswee-blog.blogspot.com/2024/03/unexpected.html I thought you might enjoy this blogpost from a friend, dpack

dpack

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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 24 10:29 am Post subject:
thanks im glad it is not just me has very conflicted feelings about rats, although i can be very savage if they are not responsive to reason if last resort burning chilli is not a decent argument, fatalities will occur

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8621
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 24 10:55 am Post subject:
If they didn't carry diseases and weren't so destructive.. I remember a programme..BBC2? Years ago, someone did a study on rats. They are actually better than humans societally...caring for each other, being an "auntie" to younguns, all sorts of ways. But....

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 24 1:28 pm Post subject:

diseases, umm most of them are human to human or other critter to human.
ratty de Foie gras lived in my shirt, no health issues(the name may have been a bad choice as he was eaten by dogpuss)

destructive, yep, see comic collection issue 2000AD 1 to 1258

ratty2y was not a shirt rat, proper rattus rattus plague rat, not keen on shirts, very clean and non infectious , friendly but not familiar

and there have been targets/victims, wrong place and rude manners can be fatal for them

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Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 24 8:20 am Post subject:

Mice and rats have a bad habit of leaving urine wherever they go as they have no bladder as I understand. Apart from the unpleasant small of acetamide, they do carry Weills disease and can carry other things. They are inclined to gnaw their way through things, and do not generally behave in a way that endears them to humans. Ditto squirrels.

Pet rats are a different story if you don't mind the smell. I have never had one, but believe they can, as your Ratty de Foie Gras was, rather nice.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 24 12:27 pm Post subject:

watch out, watch out, there is is a grin about

Translate: english > jackdaw

squark.. squark..............squark ..squark.... squark. squark squark

it seems that after the initial multi species alarms, the daws designate a "cryer" and possibly form a war party to defend the "region"

the small stuff hides and stays quiet once they are aware, unless grin is a close danger and panic involves screaming

dpack

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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 24 12:29 pm Post subject:
ps avian and ground predators get very different alarm responses

dpack

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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 24 12:03 pm Post subject:
a rather nice snap from the grunadina mantis, fungi, sky at night, three of my boxes got ticked

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2507
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 24 7:41 pm Post subject:
Fact: They do have bladders. The misconception lies in the fact they use their urine as a form of communication, which causes them to mark their territory constantly.

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