Where Are Birds Nesting On Your Farm?

[Wilksy]

I have to admire birds ingenuity, one dog I had, Jack Russell/Corgi, Once a week in Spring and Summer I rubbed her down wearing latex gloves, amazing amount of hair came off, just left it on the lawn in front of the house.

It wasn't until I emptied out a Bird Box did I learn where it went, nearly all the nest was white dog hair.

I hand strip our border terrier on the lawn, the sparrows love it, that and a hand full of wood pigeon breast feathers

 

[Dry Rot]

I hand strip our border terrier on the lawn, the sparrows love it, that and a hand full of wood pigeon breast feathers

A friend used to put his peregrine falcons out on their perches on the lawn to enjoy the sun. They were fed surplus dead day old chicks from a hatchery. The sparrows would come down to collecting the pluckings for nesting material within inches of the falcons! Familiarity breeds contempt indeed!

 

[collywol]

Got a wren that likes to nest in the 12mm bolt Lin Bin in the workshop, they fledged 14 last year. She gives you an evil look if you catch her eye. We now have two 12mm bolt trays!

 

[Wilksy]

Got a wren that likes to nest in the 12mm bolt Lin Bin in the workshop, they fledged 14 last year. She gives you an evil look if you catch her eye. We now have two 12mm bolt trays!

Don’t mess with Jenny wren

 

[Kidds]

Don’t mess with Jenny wren

Bad tempered little madams aren't they.

I was strimming some long grass in my garden today and a duck flew up from under my feet, she couldn't have left it a second longer before getting strimmed.
She was sitting on 10 eggs so I left the strimming. Magpies had the last lot, hopefully these have better luck.
She comes to my geese's pond, I only said to the missus yesterday when the duck flew into the pond that she must be sitting nearby and just come for a drink.

 

[Wilksy]

I saw a duck last week, sat stock still on a deep tractor wheeling full of water, she didn’t move a muscle so can only presume she was sitting near by,