Pigeons have just decimated the remainder of our raspberry crop, plus most of our blackcurrants and our redcurrants. I really thought they'd avoid being so darned greedy. How wrong I was. Next year, I'll get myself a pigeon trap, and take my revenge. In over 20 years at this house, they've never been such a problem. Why now?!!!
I'm curmudgeonly today because I've left it too late ordering bird seed. I'm going to run out today ,and it's not coming until tomorrow.
Make an artistic drawing of some bird seed and pop it outside. Your birds will be too busy trying to work out whether it is Art or not to worry about 1 day without the real stuff
My curmudgeon is that The Hedgehog - having disappeared earlier this year has obviously been back judging from the faeces I found this morning. Will now have to reinstate the box/food/water. In a completely walled garden and despite trail camera. I am still not sure where he/she enters. Actually I suppose that's not really a Curmudgeon as such - just bloody frustrating.
Pigeons have just decimated the remainder of our raspberry crop, plus most of our blackcurrants and our redcurrants. I really thought they'd avoid being so darned greedy. How wrong I was. Next year, I'll get myself a pigeon trap, and take my revenge. In over 20 years at this house, they've never been such a problem. Why now?!!!
It seems that we humans need to let pigeons know precisely who is in charge of our gardens. There have been countless threads about the destructive and greedy nature of pigeons.
When (if) we move house, I'm going to put a large sign up, saying "pigeons not welcome - enter at your own peril".
I don't normally have such an unpleasant attitude towards any bird, but this year, they've really taken things too far - basically a significant proportion of my fruit harvest. This will result in a smaller amount of jam and fruit for the autumn/winter/spring. I resent their taking advantage of my crops. My wife won't let me have a gun - I'd hit something I shouldn't, such as a blackbird, or one of the smaller, less destructive birds.
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Nobody is going to change their minds.
That particular horse has been well and trully flogged.
I'm going to run out today ,and it's not coming until tomorrow.
Next year, I'll get myself a pigeon trap, and take my revenge. In over 20 years at this house, they've never been such a problem.
Why now?!!!
My curmudgeon is that The Hedgehog - having disappeared earlier this year has obviously been back judging from the faeces I found this morning. Will now have to reinstate the box/food/water. In a completely walled garden and despite trail camera. I am still not sure where he/she enters. Actually I suppose that's not really a Curmudgeon as such - just bloody frustrating.
When (if) we move house, I'm going to put a large sign up, saying "pigeons not welcome - enter at your own peril".
I don't normally have such an unpleasant attitude towards any bird, but this year, they've really taken things too far - basically a significant proportion of my fruit harvest. This will result in a smaller amount of jam and fruit for the autumn/winter/spring. I resent their taking advantage of my crops. My wife won't let me have a gun - I'd hit something I shouldn't, such as a blackbird, or one of the smaller, less destructive birds.
Aaarrgghhh!!!
Ah, that's better!!😁
You'd have to be pretty optimistic to think that August 2016 was the peak of climate change and now we're on our way back down but fingers crossed.