You need to hire a hit-owl or hawk. The only other thing is ear plugs.
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littlek
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Tue 5 Apr, 2011 08:43 pm
Yep.... earplugs. Or maybe a cooper's hawk.
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Eva
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Tue 5 Apr, 2011 09:14 pm
@roger,
roger wrote:
I think you might be onto something. Maybe littlek should get him a nice, shiny mirror and let him knock himself out - so to speak.
A bit cruel, but it's worth a try.
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msolga
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Wed 6 Apr, 2011 02:17 am
Well I am truly amazed.
Never having made the acquaintance of a mocking bird, I had these sort of romantic visions of them.
I mean, WHO would kill a mockingbird?
Now I am finding out the truth about these ornery, repulsive, troublesome critters and I want to know more.
More mockingbird stories please!
Very funny!
All birds are, in one respect, "repulsive." There are few creatuers you could encounter which are more hag-ridden by parasites, inside and out. You never want to handle a wild bird, and if you are obliged to handle a bird's nest which has recently been occupied, you want to wear gloves. Through no fault of their own, birds are filthy creatures.
No more repulsive than the robber jays you find when you get to the higher elevations in the mountains. The rest is pretty much true.
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msolga
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Wed 6 Apr, 2011 02:43 am
@Setanta,
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All birds are, in one respect, "repulsive." There are few creatuers you could encounter which are more hag-ridden by parasites, inside and out. You never want to handle a wild bird, and if you are obliged to handle a bird's nest which has recently been occupied, you want to wear gloves. Through no fault of their own, birds are filthy creatures.
That may be so.
You are probably right about that , Setanta.
But ... I receive so much pleasure watching them, when birds (especially natives) visit my garden.
Most of the trees/bushes in my garden are natives, to attract them.
You should meet a band of robber jays. Solid gray, and look very much like a blue jay. Varmints will steal the food out of your mouth, and that's not hyperbole. Honest critters, though. They dispise handouts (unless they're desparate).
Imagine that incessant warbling down the chimney all night. They are evil little bastards and they know it pisses me off.
I caught one once with a crab netwhile I was wporking in the garden. The mockinbiird was diving onto our cat and the cat ran under me for protection. This cat was a great pussy anyway . It just layed there mmeowing in terror . I had my crab netnearby for this very occasion and as the bird resumed diving the cat (even with me over it), I snatched the bird and then, with him in my hands, I drove him to the lake about 5 miles away where I re;leased the bird. (He was back within an hour).
You should meet a band of robber jays. Solid gray, and look very much like a blue jay. Varmints will steal the food out of your mouth, and that's not hyperbole. Honest critters, though. They dispise handouts (unless they're desparate).
My coworker of several years back lived in the apartment that held the master antenna. Said antenna was not that far from his chimney. A mockingbird began its incessant warbling from that perch. He complained about it, daily. One morning he let it slip that he had used his pellet gun to end the situation. I don't recommend this to anyone, just saying -
