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I know that's cats Ann; it's the one thing I hate about them, though I love them dearly (does that make sense? lol).

As you say, that's what they think they're here for. I just told her she's in the doghouse, although all she heard was "Topsy, blah blah blah .......". She looked at me as if to make the old girl happy though .........

No, he didn't charge anything. He said that with wildlife, there's no charge, which was appreciated.

Well, it's time for bed, so will say night night ladies - and gents, if any are around on the thread.
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Cake is fine BC.

Hiya
check this website out of a Dunnock....

http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/dunnock.htm

click on the 3rd of the 3 pictures....me thinks it is a reddish brown back...lol:o))

jude :o)

edited cause l put legs instead of back!! doww

Whirley, mine is 'slate grey with reddish brown back'....have just put out half a coffee cake..are sweet things ok? BC XX

To my knowledge, Dunnocks dont have red backs. They're 2 shades of grey, no other colour....

don't forget folks if you put bread out, make sure it is moist or else it can swell up in the birds throat and cause choking..

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Awww bless him:o((( and you!!
Our cat used to bring in w/pigeons through the cat flap!!! we came home to find feathers everywhere and really expected to find a dead bird featherless.....but nope he was sitting on curtain rail in the bedroom:o))

just popped in to see how everyone is, going backto bed in a mo, Vic is cooking me an eggie in an eggcup:o)) wiv toasted soldiers:o))))
it seems l have the flu:o(( and we can't go to sons to baby sit....grrrr:o(((

Dormouse .... l will give you an email to send the photo's to:o)

jude x

Oh dear, sad for poor Mr Blackbird, but it is what cats do I'm afraid. she wont think she has done wrong. and you did all you could for him, did the vet charge you?

Ann

Glos

:-((((

Topsy, our youngest feline, is in the doghouse at the moment.

On Tuesday evening, during our tea, our next door neighbour called us to look at an injured bird that "a cat has just caught". It turned out that Topsy was the culprit.

We went out, and were pleased - in the circumstances - to see that the male blackbird was very mobile, although he couldn't fly. He was very hard to catch, which again is very encouraging. As it was very cold, we brought him in and kept him in a cool room in one of those cardboard pet carriers, with hay, seeds and water.

Yesterday morning, he was still alive, and very perky. At the vets, Mr Vet said he would be able to be released eventually, so hubby and I were going to take him to West Hatch, in Taunton. However, quite by chance Mr Vet then noticed an injury right next to the bird's jugular, which apparently would have been causing Little Man a lot of pain. So he was humanely euthanased. :-((

I couldn't understand how Topsy caught the bird, with two bells on her collar. Until I noticed that the collar was missing.

Grrrrr ............. this has happened before, the little toad ............
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Think the weather men got caught on the hop this morning we have had about 3 inches of snow here, it was not even forcast., first time we have had the fieldfare in the garden looking for food, good job there was plenty to go around.

Hi Folks,
Jude we have not had much snow but what we have had has been a right pain as our lane is a sheet of Ice so its take your time girl or you will bump the car lol.
We have a lot of birds in the field at the moment as they have been muck spreading and the crows , gulls an wood pigeons have having fun. plenty of birds at the feeders have got quite a few of the long tailed tits nearer the bottom of the garden where the burn runs.
Have not seen the jenny wren for a few days,

Jude, hope you're feeling better soon:)))

Hope you feel better soon Jude. I managed to make my first fatball today...ummm...it is sitting there unpecked and unloved..*sobs...am off to find out how to split peas for Susan's recipe....on a good note, my little dunnock has just been to see me. Amazing ...he looks so ordinary and has this convoluted sexlife...never judge a bird by its plumage, as my granny used to say....BC XX

Dormouse, I think jude was going back to bed as she felt unwell and thought she was going down with a bug. I sent my photos to Jude by e mail and she uploaded them. Hopefully she will be back on tomorrow.

Susan, you finished making that bird food yet or are you still on the shaving cream????

Wow, Susan - that's some recipe! Canary birds!

Hi Jude, how do I upload photos to your birdblog?

DM x

Susan.....l hope you were'nt up all night finding this receipe...lol
Its looks very interesting though, lwillprint it off but won't gaurantee to make it! still have'nt made the other one, although l do cook pasta and spuds.....which goes down a treat:o))

Not seen the birds much today as l'm feeling abit off't, think l have the bug, going back to bed in a mo:o((

Ann....thanks for your lates email, not looked at pics yet, willdo asap.

Hope everyone is well:o)

jude xx

From The Family Receipt Book 1819

Paste or food for singing Birds, superior to the German paste in common use.

Well mix, or knead together, three pounds of split peas, ground or beat to flour, one pound and a half each of fine crumbs of bread and coarse sugar, the fresh yolks of six raw eggs, and six ounces of unsalted butter.

Put about a third part of the mixture, at a time, in a frying pan, over a gentle fire, and continually stir it till it be a little browned, but by no means burnt.

When the other two parts are thus done, and all are become cold, add to the entire quantity, six ounces of maw seed, with six pounds of good bruised hemp seeds separated from the husks.

Mix the whole well together, and it will be found an excellent food for thrushes, red robins, larks, linnets, canary birds, finches of the different sorts, and most other singing birds, admirably preserving them in song and feather.


Don't ask me if it works though.....I think I may need to add a disclaimer too lol

Susan
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Thanks Ann....have them and will downl;oad later:o)

BC..Yehhh....l got something right :o) dinky little things are'nt they? Not very faithfull to their partners though!!! lol

jude :o) xx

Hope the photos don't take too long to download Jude, I couldn't decide which not to send so sent them all. They were taken out of my office window upstairs so hope they are clear enough.

Ann
Glos

A Dunnock! That's the one, Jude, have just looked it up, thank you! Well he obviously likes brioche:-) lol BC XX

Wonder what the bird with red back is, could be a dunnock, they have reddish brown back and red legs:o))

Well your birds will be fat if nothing else:o))

jude :o) x