For WHO's birders

[Nurse Ratched]

"I thought you might like this video.



It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."

[Nurse Ratched]

Bit of handbags between a greenfinch and a goldfinch. Goldfinch brave under the circumstances.

[Ronald_antly]

I LIKE squirrels.

[Nurse Ratched]

"The squirrels haven't found my feeders yet, so I'm dreading that day myself. Apart from those umbrella-type baffles you can buy for feeder poles, I read something about someone who threaded through/attached a metal slinky toy to his feeder pole (I expect you would have to do this before setting the pole into the ground, or before attaching the table part). Therefore when the squirrel's weight lands on the slinky, it immediately drops down. The Tom & Jerry-type images amused me rather a lot. Someone should manufacture a feeder pole with an integrated slinky."

[only1billybonds]

"Nurse. Not including heavy weapnary,do you know of an effective way ro keep squirrels off my bird feeder,have tried all the usual stuff,wd40 on pole etc. Ours isnt a cheap one either but all the food gets scoffed before the birds even smell it. Oh and one of our woodpeckers has made an early start,must bo on double time as its Sunday. :-)"

[Hammer and Pickle]

"Much to my delight, the swallows and swifts are properly back now."

[Nurse Ratched]

"I love my woodpecker. She helpfully announces her arrival by shouting her head off. Then she cartwheels down through the branches of my tree, then flies over to the suet ball feeder. She stabs at the suet balls, causing bits to shear off. Stays for long enough for me to admire her, then buggers off. The robins love her even more, because she scatters bits of suet onto the ground, where they are far more comfortable feeding."

[Fo the Communist]

"Side of Ham 12:21 Sat May 16 Royston Vasey? It's not as cosmopolitan around here as that, mate."

[Hammer and Pickle]

"""Was quite a profound moment, to be honest. I think it also meant a bit to Blake cause he still sends postcards regularly to this day."" A truly magnificent dragon!"

[Coffee]

Ôø?Ôø?Ôø?

[westhammerer]

"Say what you want about birds, and IÔø?ll say mine. They both fascinate and frighten at the same time. Imagine if enough birds got together then they could take out any one of us. Sheer force of number. Would make HitchcockÔø?s Ôø?The BirdsÔø? seem like being licked by a puddle of poodle puppies. They got beaks, feathers, and the power of flight and we got nothing but Jujutsu, logic, drones, and a 50plus aged Mike Tyson comeback. Mike and I go back a while. ItÔø?s widely but erroneously accepted that Gus DÔø?Amato taught him the peek a boo style, but of you check out the Barking and Romford Advertiser local newspaper for around 1985-7 youÔø?ll see in microfiche the classified adverts from me promoting my school of fight Ôø? the way of the exploding way - and gym beneath the Church Elm Pub in the cellar. It read: Want to fight? Hate birds? Worried if ever birds communised and attacked? Call here: (01)

[Ronald_antly]

"""So I put it on card aided with a broom and chucked it in some bushes next door ..."" I would've thought your next door neighbours might have been a tad annoyed by that, deffers, Unless they're Polish."

[defjam]

gph 1:14 - ag ag ag

[Hammer and Pickle]

This is what you do when you have property. Bru.

[bruuuno]

When you were having a piss?

[Hammer and Pickle]

I've seen some sparrows and a few pigeons too.

[gph]

"I'd fabric conditioner to one that doesn't kill birds, if I were you, defjam. Go for something like honeysuckle and sandalwood instead of nightshade and deathcap"

[gph]

"I'd fabric conditioner to one that doesn't kill birds, if I were you, defjam. Go for something like honeysuckle and sandalwood instead of nightshade and deathcap"

[zebthecat]

"The Starlings that moved in a couple of days ago have stayed put (pretty sure they are not after me unless they are bing super sneaky). Between them and the Sparrow mob it a bedlam. Also the Jackdaw's second clutch has hatched, they are noisy too when the parents arrive with food. Also had a small group of rock doves, never seen the here before. All Wood Pigeons and Collared Doves. The owls have gone quiet though, I am suspicious..."

[defjam]

"Shit myself earlier (Not literally) Went outside with the clothes airer, chucked a couple of bits on and went to go back indoors, turned round and there was a dead bird on the floor by the door! Literally wasn't there 30 seconds before!! Proper made me jump. I think it was a blackbird!! So I put it on card aided with a broom and chucked it in some bushes next door, back to nature and all that. Then this evening the must have been about 12-13 magpies all having a loud chat in a neighbours tree, weird day for birds today!"

[Hammer and Pickle]

Not at all.

[zebthecat]

Hammer and Pickle 11:32 Sat May 16 ?!! Weird

[Hammer and Pickle]

Whatever. No stress. They're only sheltering from the wind on the camera wall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdezYfZdYT4&fbclid=IwAR2wCDlfEpmqI13Bv8P6A5az5ezOzhskUjynHmNAopvaPi5DD4dQ1j69sAk

[only1billybonds]

"Haha. There we have it,this is Everard all over. Loves to give it out but really cant take it when it gets lobbed back at him. Hideous drunken mess."

[Hammer and Pickle]

Fuck off you wanker.

[only1billybonds]

"Stammer and Drivel. You can read whatever you want in any way that pleases you. You really are a sad sad little man. Go scrape Samuri Sids cock jollop off your bed sheets and get your nut down.,you'll feel better in the in the morning."