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Post by jennywren on May 30, 2009 20:01:22 GMT 1
I came home from work to find in my garden the remains of what could have been a blackbird I later found lots of feathers in my summer house - I felt very sad that something had died in my garden Just now I heard the most fearful racket and saw a magpie trying to fly off with quite a large baby blackbird Mum and Dad were seeing him off; he dropped the baby and it died Dreadful - I never knew they could do this  |
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Post by ladygardener on Jun 1, 2009 8:11:07 GMT 1
I've heard of Magpies doing this sort of thing before JW. Maybe that's why people say when they see one of them 1 for sorrow. How awful nature can be sometimes.
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Post by emseypop on Jun 1, 2009 10:59:55 GMT 1
I came home from work to find in my garden the remains of what could have been a blackbird I later found lots of feathers in my summer house - I felt very sad that something had died in my garden Just now I heard the most fearful racket and saw a magpie trying to fly off with quite a large baby blackbird Mum and Dad were seeing him off; he dropped the baby and it died Dreadful - I never knew they could do this My Na has her dog trained to loap up the garden and scare magpies away, if they see any out there, she loves birds, but not magpies. There were a trio of baby magpies hanging around our caravan, beautiful markings and little fluffy heads, but a very sinister bird, still its nature I suppose. |
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Post by jennywren on Jun 1, 2009 18:25:12 GMT 1
Actually have to larff afterward cos I looked out of the window and saw what I thought was one of the adults lying flat out,dead, on next door's hot tub tarpourline So fresh tears and sobs. I thought Oh No Mummy died of broken heart - I could see the feathers fluttering but no sign of life Turns out, in the morning when I checked, it was a black brush and the bristles looked like feathers  |
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Post by Biggles on Jun 1, 2009 20:58:25 GMT 1
Oh you are a Softie Jenny--
I thought you were going to say it was 'Bathing' in the sun--which they sometimes do- they spread their wings out and lap up the sunshine.
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Post by emseypop on Jun 1, 2009 21:00:00 GMT 1
Actually have to larff afterward cos I looked out of the window and saw what I thought was one of the adults lying flat out,dead, on next door's hot tub tarpourline So fresh tears and sobs. I thought Oh No Mummy died of broken heart - I could see the feathers fluttering but no sign of life Turns out, in the morning when I checked, it was a black brush and the bristles looked like feathers ;D Jenny, thats made me smile. |
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