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Roy Jackson Posts: 231 Joined: 17th Feb 2007 Location: UK | Posted at 17:02 on 18th May 2008 Sue, First the goose was not there and then it was!! It has be puzzled just like the bird itself. flipping computers
Regards Roy J. |
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | Posted at 19:50 on 18th May 2008 Just a quick note to everyone who has a feeder or birdbath in the garden. Please could you ensure they are kept clean on a regular basis.......greenfinches in particular are susceptable to disease and there are quite a few reports of them being found dead in gardens. Warm water is the best way to clean birdbaths, don't use any chemicals as these can affect the birds. I clean the feeders out with an old toothbrush and again, warm water. I just thought I'd mention it. Many thanks, Andy.............Footnote. If you don't want rats in your garden, only fill your bird table a little at a time, any spillage that remains overnight will attract rats. |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | Posted at 19:53 on 18th May 2008 Will do sir lol I have 2 bird baths and scrub them clean just with water, they go a rusty colour otherwise.I have one in my front garden and one by my pond out the back, but the birds appear to like the pond better than their bird bath lol |
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | Posted at 20:03 on 18th May 2008 Thanks for the info Andy, but how do you stop a 'rat' with a zimmer frame? I promise to give her a good going over with the toothbrush though! |
| Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | Posted at 20:22 on 18th May 2008 Good man! |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | Posted at 06:43 on 19th May 2008 I have three water stations out all year, and clean and change the water every morning. Just this morning I gave my husband (back in the States) explicit instructions on cleaning and changing the humming bird feeders. Little birds can pick up disease very easily. |
| Roy Jackson Posts: 231 Joined: 17th Feb 2007 Location: UK | Posted at 22:48 on 19th May 2008 Hi Andy. Thanks for the imput re the goose, very helpful, also for the timely advise re garden cleanlyness, is that how you spell it? Re the number of birds nesting in your garden, you will have to share you secret. I have mature trees round my garden, several RSPB approved nesting boxes,. There are at least a dozen breeds of birds that come to my feeders each day. But, apart from a pair of Starling nesting in a hole in the house wall, nothing seems interested in breeding in my garden. How do you manage it. One thing about leaving scraps on the ground. Each evening i Ieave out a small quantity of meal worms and peanuts, These are there for my two resident hedgehogs. I try and attract these useful creatures to the garden as they help to control the slug and snail problem without the use of chemicals. Last year they produce three young and it was great to watch them, the size of hen eggs, as they followed their parents to the feeding station. Last night, i could hear the hogs in the undergrowth, going through their mating routine, a weird sound, like a couple of little steam engines. I am now hoping that we will have futher young ones this year. Regards Roy J |
| Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | Posted at 06:35 on 20th May 2008 I saw my first Dipper of the trip. My friend took me up to this wonderful little cottage, where a stream, complete with waterfalls runs down through the garden, and sure enough there was a Dipper, busy gathering mouthfuls of bugs and taking them back to her young. I have now seen 50 species since I arrived six days ago. Oh happy day! |
| Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | Posted at 12:17 on 20th May 2008 I could fall in love with these Welsh hills. Took some pictures of a heron this morning. Won't be able to download them yet, and definitely not as good as the Heron I saw in the Latest Pictures. Saw three Buzzards and a Red Kite together, one being mobbed by crows and a Magpie. Interesting how they were only mobbing the one bird, while the other birds just flew around. |
| L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | Posted at 07:02 on 22nd May 2008 |
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