I was sent a parcel that used sheep's wool as padding. I added a bunch of feathers to it and stuffed it into an old feeder cage and the whole lot disappeared within a few hours. This blue tit and its mate must have taken at least half.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I’ve had to re- do my climbing roses. Thought I had missed tying in one stem, then noticed two. Next time I went out all the string had gone! Sat down having a cup of tea, after re-doing the strings, and who do I see with a mouthful of string looking very pleased with himself? Our resident squirrel 🙂
Done again, but with different string which I hope he doesn’t find as alluring as my usual jute twine.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
I put out a feeder with my dogs hair (long haired with dense under coat) they love that, pieces of old twine and moss. We had jackdaws in our previous garden, I used to use netting from Lemons etc filled with dog hair and tied it to the fence. The jackdaws promptly untied it and flew off with beaks full of fluffy doggy hair.
Cut my husbands hair at the weekend, and put the clippings out as an offering for the birds. At least half of it is still there. Maybe they didn’t like the smell of the shampoo? Or have they finished nest building now? The jays are still selecting small twigs and dry roots from the rough ground.
The birds near me have finished nest building. One of the blackbirds decided to rip the compost out of my potted plants! One plant dead but managed to save the others. I found an old dried out nest so put that in a tub and watered it for her which stopped her attacking my plants. It was also her second nest - she’s already had her first brood.
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Maybe I just need to buy some coir liners and leave them out specifically for that.
Done again, but with different string which I hope he doesn’t find as alluring as my usual jute twine.
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham