No footprints

[Hugh Newbury]

... in the snow. Except mine, of course. No cats, foxes, rats, birds,
nothing. Are they not venturing out?

Hugh

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Post by Hugh Newbury
... in the snow. Except mine, of course. No cats, foxes, rats, birds,
nothing. Are they not venturing out?
Hugh

When I scattered some dried mealworms on the snow the robins could grab them
without leaving a mark that I could see from indoors. So long as they wre
quick before the resident bully male blackbird chased them off, landing in
the snow and making a huge crater!

I've just had to break off writing this because a fieldfare turned up - the
first I've seen in the garden this winter. It was in my rowan which has been
devoid of berries for months. But it was interested in the dog-rose hips
which are still plentiful. But the blackbird immediately joined it on the
rose bush, despite itself having virtually ignored the hips. The fieldfare
flew off with a hip. The blackbird plucked one but immediately dropped it.
Then it plucked another and took it to beat up on a (swept clean)
flag-stone, but left it there. Perhaps the fieldfares can swallow them but
the blackbird cannot!

Also briefly saw a/the wren this morning. And took photos of the robin pair.

Mike.

[Christina Websell]

Post by Hugh Newbury
... in the snow. Except mine, of course. No cats, foxes, rats, birds,
nothing. Are they not venturing out?
Hugh

Snow helps to see foxes footprints that are looking at your chickens when
you don't know about it.

[David B]

Post by Christina Websell

Post by Hugh Newbury
... in the snow. Except mine, of course. No cats, foxes, rats, birds,
nothing. Are they not venturing out?
Hugh

Snow helps to see foxes footprints that are looking at your chickens when
you don't know about it.

It also helps me keep track of my fox's. When there's no snow on the ground
I have no idea what they get up to at night, but the little lovelies are
never hungry when they get back home.....bless them.

D

[Christina Websell]

Post by David B

Post by Christina Websell

Post by Hugh Newbury
... in the snow. Except mine, of course. No cats, foxes, rats, birds,
nothing. Are they not venturing out?
Hugh

Snow helps to see foxes footprints that are looking at your chickens when
you don't know about it.

It also helps me keep track of my fox's. When there's no snow on the
ground I have no idea what they get up to at night, but the little
lovelies are never hungry when they get back home.....bless them.
D

Little lovelies??
They are an absolute nuisance to anyone who keeps hens and they get a bit of
lead in their ear here.
I got more than 20 hens killed during the day once and that was the end of
my tolerance.
My favourite hen got her head left for me to find. I wept.

But I got the barsteward that did it. Or foxman did. Very dead in my hen
run. because he was not afraid of stupid people who fed him and was out
during the day killing my chickens. He paid the price of lets feed foxes.

[David B]

Post by Christina Websell

Post by David B

Post by Christina Websell

Post by Hugh Newbury
... in the snow. Except mine, of course. No cats, foxes, rats, birds,
nothing. Are they not venturing out?
Hugh

Snow helps to see foxes footprints that are looking at your chickens
when you don't know about it.

It also helps me keep track of my fox's. When there's no snow on the
ground I have no idea what they get up to at night, but the little
lovelies are never hungry when they get back home.....bless them.
D

Little lovelies??
They are an absolute nuisance to anyone who keeps hens and they get a bit
of lead in their ear here.
I got more than 20 hens killed during the day once and that was the end of
my tolerance.
My favourite hen got her head left for me to find. I wept.
But I got the barsteward that did it. Or foxman did. Very dead in my hen
run. because he was not afraid of stupid people who fed him and was out
during the day killing my chickens. He paid the price of lets feed foxes.

I refer you to Anne Burgess's comment on the URB 'Owls and Trail Cameras'
thread regarding indigenous and introduced species.

Regards

David