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Ok...its nasty

VerdunVerdun Posts: 23,348

look, a pesky blackbird got my bumper crop of blueberries.  He outdid my determination to get my fruit.  He teased, tormented and repeatedly got under my netting.

ok, its nasty.  Cruel.  Blackbirds have a right to live etc. but you have to understand my frustration, nay anger.

it was with a heavy heart that I...............

 

 

 

 

pulled up a stool and sat among my blueberries and ate everything remaining.  I saw aforesaid blackbird perched on my runner bean post.  I teased him, tormented him, expressed my sheer pleasure vocally in eating my blueberries with great relish.  I had enough to half fill a bowl and B Bird could see it.  Couldn't resist a backward glance and a smug expression as I carried my bowl of blueberries indoors.

cruel?  Yep.  Nasty? Yep?  Good feeling?  You bet image

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    You had better take your stool and a book into the bathroom!

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • WonkyWombleWonkyWomble Posts: 4,538

    Next time we want a video Verdun! image funny as......well its funny! 

    Think your within your rights! Blackbird didn't grow them! My policy is feed all creatures enough that they don't eat yours! But sometimes you have to send a message out....think you did that! image

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    My policy is...they have all of Dartmoor, Bodmin moor, and all lanes and verges in between, they must not be a nuisance in my tiny patch.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    My lot are so used to being fed they don't seem to realise that they could be fending for themselves, scrumping my raspberries image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Anne17Anne17 Posts: 98

    You wait until they find your car........

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Excellent, Verdun!  image

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • kleipieperkleipieper Posts: 563

    You're no tthe only one with blackbird trouble.image

    Or did you send your ones on to him? image

    https://twitter.com/TheMontyDon/status/625360165555060736

     

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Strawberries going here this year - magpies are getting them whether they're ripe or not image

    I'll just have to net next year I think. 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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