Do I rescue a baby thrush, what do I feed it on ?
29 April 2011, 09:55 PM
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29 April 2011, 09:57 PM
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Just to qualify this story, the house is five years old, the trees are starting to rule the landscape...
We had nothing alive in these gardens for some three years. But Last year we had, a heron ( bast'd ate my smaller Koi and carp ), robins and blue ****.
This year we've added magpies, jays, blacbirds and some large thrushes, "she" thought they were woodpeckers
And now young 'uns... one is now asleep in it's box in the kitchen, dog seems bemused by it all !
dunx
P.S. Cats aren't welcome here
We had nothing alive in these gardens for some three years. But Last year we had, a heron ( bast'd ate my smaller Koi and carp ), robins and blue ****.
This year we've added magpies, jays, blacbirds and some large thrushes, "she" thought they were woodpeckers
And now young 'uns... one is now asleep in it's box in the kitchen, dog seems bemused by it all !
dunx
P.S. Cats aren't welcome here
29 April 2011, 10:03 PM
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I reckon the cats are off the hook (for now)
29 April 2011, 10:38 PM
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Responsible cat owners like myself put a bell on the collar, means they have less chance of getting the birds
We even have endangered bullfinches (both male and female) visit our garden despite having 3 cats.
Itchy
We even have endangered bullfinches (both male and female) visit our garden despite having 3 cats.
Itchy
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29 April 2011, 10:54 PM
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Yes, it just couldnt fly, not good having budgies at the same time though coming home to find their water bath on the floor and only one of two budgies and one happy magpie sitting on top of the cage 
though luckily the other budgie had fallen down the back of a large wall unit and into a draw
Use to sort of squark/talk and could be a right cheeky thing given the chance!
Tony
coming home to find their water bath on the floor and only one of two budgies and one happy magpie sitting on top of the cage though luckily the other budgie had fallen down the back of a large wall unit and into a draw Use to sort of squark/talk and could be a right cheeky thing given the chance!
Tony
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29 April 2011, 11:10 PM
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30 April 2011, 08:10 AM
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In fact, nature is counter-intuitive. Often, if fewer adults survive the summer months into the winter, there is far less competition for meagre food resources and there is no mass starvation with its resultant population crash. There is often a population explosion in the following spring.
30 April 2011, 08:16 AM
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No name needed... gone !
Got up just as dawn broke, tipped box onto shed roof.
Left some bread/milk/meal-worm, and waited.
A short while later a parent appeared and off they went.
dunx
P.S. It must be a male, it just sat on the fence all day waiting to be fed
P.P.S. It will be the Magpies that are the next problem.
Got up just as dawn broke, tipped box onto shed roof.
Left some bread/milk/meal-worm, and waited.
A short while later a parent appeared and off they went.
dunx
P.S. It must be a male, it just sat on the fence all day waiting to be fed
P.P.S. It will be the Magpies that are the next problem.
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30 April 2011, 11:51 AM
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Mrs Leslie says chopped up worms or grubs and maggotts fed with a pair of tweezers.
The cat would follow its inbred instincts and kill it if it gets the chance.
We would certainly follow yoiur example and try to save it.
les
The cat would follow its inbred instincts and kill it if it gets the chance.
We would certainly follow yoiur example and try to save it.
les
30 April 2011, 01:15 PM
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No name needed... gone !
Got up just as dawn broke, tipped box onto shed roof.
Left some bread/milk/meal-worm, and waited.
A short while later a parent appeared and off they went.
dunx
P.S. It must be a male, it just sat on the fence all day waiting to be fed
P.P.S. It will be the Magpies that are the next problem.
Got up just as dawn broke, tipped box onto shed roof.
Left some bread/milk/meal-worm, and waited.
A short while later a parent appeared and off they went.
dunx
P.S. It must be a male, it just sat on the fence all day waiting to be fed
P.P.S. It will be the Magpies that are the next problem.
30 April 2011, 02:07 PM
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The RSPB don't agree with you.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/garden...ddeclines.aspx
Whilst cats do kill many birds, the evidence seems to suggest they kill the weak/ill/old birds, and this makes little or no difference to the overall bird population, in fact it may help as only strong and healthy birds survive to breed.
Well done to the OP for helping out, experience has taught me to leave nature to take it's course, as I've yet to have any success rescuing injured birds. Still that didn't stop me driving 150 miles, to take a House martin chick that had fallen out of the nest, to a bird sanctuary.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/garden...ddeclines.aspx
Whilst cats do kill many birds, the evidence seems to suggest they kill the weak/ill/old birds, and this makes little or no difference to the overall bird population, in fact it may help as only strong and healthy birds survive to breed.
Well done to the OP for helping out, experience has taught me to leave nature to take it's course, as I've yet to have any success rescuing injured birds. Still that didn't stop me driving 150 miles, to take a House martin chick that had fallen out of the nest, to a bird sanctuary.
30 April 2011, 02:47 PM
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It didn't need help, except in avoiding being eaten by one of the local cats...
LoL
dunx
P.S. Came back to the same spot on the fence today, but is at least flying around a bit.
LoL
dunx
P.S. Came back to the same spot on the fence today, but is at least flying around a bit.
30 April 2011, 05:08 PM
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01 May 2011, 03:45 PM
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Whilst cats do kill many birds, the evidence seems to suggest they kill the weak/ill/old birds, and this makes little or no difference to the overall bird population, in fact it may help as only strong and healthy birds survive to breed.
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