Pigeon Talk

[Pyxis]

Well, my tumbler cock is determined to have a nest, lol. I had been waiting until I got them in the loft to let them breed and have a nest bowl, but I just went to do cage cleaning and found that I had left a box of screws and drill bits a bit close to their cage (big screws, no chance of them eating one or anything) and he had pulled them out of the box and into the cage and was trying to make a nest with them! So, he wins, he can have a nest bowl and some hay.

If they have eggs it might just mean they're delayed moving into the loft for a little bit. I can deal with that.

 

[Serin]

Aww, I'm so sorry. You know what works wonders for squirrels here, a bb gun

They ate out cats food. Didn't kill them, just shocked them a bit. Most stayed their distance afterwards.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but these types of posts really concern me.
Why are you shooting animals that are just trying to survive?
Those guns hurt horribly, and that's on a person. The chipmunks or the squirrels are native, and your cats are the invasive species. Outdoor cats each kill hundreds of birds and small animals a year as it is.

It is completely natural for squirrels to eat birds' nests. The bird populations are long adapted to endure occasional nest predation. The issue that results in their decline is the unnaturally large numbers of cats in urban settings, most of which are fed and able to live at very high population densities but which still kill for fun. Birds can't deal with that pressure as well. In many areas, cats live at densities 10x or more that native predators would have lived at. That is a lot of pampered predators to avoid.

We don't have many outside cats here thankfully - coyotes moved into the city a few years ago, and killed most of them. And we have never had so many birds as the past couple of years. I saw my first oriole, and several species of warblers this spring!

 

[CCUK]

I'll send you a few chipmunks if you send a few of the hedgehogs you guys have running around across the pond my way

I had a hedgehog on my drive a while back. I came out at night and accidentally kicked it, not hard! It scared the jeepers out of me! I put it in a bucket and took it down the road where it would be safe!

 

[CCUK]

Screenshots of the little b*tard. I never minded them being around before, but now they have made me mad.

The red is the nest. It’s more obvious in the video, but he’s holding the egg in his little front paws and sucking the filling out. I hope they hadn’t developed very long.
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That's so sad. I'd never have thought that about them. I just thought they ate nuts and bugs.

 

[CCUK]

Well, my tumbler cock is determined to have a nest, lol. I had been waiting until I got them in the loft to let them breed and have a nest bowl, but I just went to do cage cleaning and found that I had left a box of screws and drill bits a bit close to their cage (big screws, no chance of them eating one or anything) and he had pulled them out of the box and into the cage and was trying to make a nest with them! So, he wins, he can have a nest bowl and some hay.

If they have eggs it might just mean they're delayed moving into the loft for a little bit. I can deal with that.

Heavy metal birds! That's determination for you!

 

[backyard pigeons]

I was just wondering what happened to the 2-3 squirrels that were waiting for the pigeon feed every morning last fall. I haven't seen even one this year.

I haven't been around your place, so idk...

But they used to break into our shed and eat any spilt grain. Haven't been around much either. Still see them, just not in the shed.

 

[backyard pigeons]

I had a hedgehog on my drive a while back. I came out at night and accidentally kicked it, not hard! It scared the jeepers out of me! I put it in a bucket and took it down the road where it would be safe!

Really? That's really cool. Are they considered pest over on the other side of the pond?

 

[CCUK]

I haven't been around your place, so idk...

But they used to break into our shed and eat any spilt grain. Haven't been around much either. Still see them, just not in the shed.

Do you have red squirrels or grey squirrels? Grey squirrels are invasive here and classed as vermin. They have driven the native red squirrels to endangered levels.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Do you have red squirrels or grey squirrels? Grey squirrels are invasive here and classed as vermin. They have driven the native red squirrels to endangered levels.

Gray squirrels. Farther North there's both. How did they get introduced there?

 

[backyard pigeons]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but these types of posts really concern me.
Why are you shooting animals that are just trying to survive?
Those guns hurt horribly, and that's on a person. The chipmunks or the squirrels are native, and your cats are the invasive species. Outdoor cats each kill hundreds of birds and small animals a year as it is.

It is completely natural for squirrels to eat birds' nests. The bird populations are long adapted to endure occasional nest predation. The issue that results in their decline is the unnaturally large numbers of cats in urban settings, most of which are fed and able to live at very high population densities but which still kill for fun. Birds can't deal with that pressure as well. In many areas, cats live at densities 10x or more that native predators would have lived at. That is a lot of pampered predators to avoid.

We don't have many outside cats here thankfully - coyotes moved into the city a few years ago, and killed most of them. And we have never had so many birds as the past couple of years. I saw my first oriole, and several species of warblers this spring!

I'm sorry this post concerns you. I will avoid posting anything like this in the future.

I guess I think more like a farmer. Don't get me wrong, I am totally for animal conservation. But if an animal repeatedly is causing problems, I will try to change that. I also didn't think bird seed and cat food was the best staple diet for squirrels, so I changed their patterns.

Good find on the Orioles and warblers! I've seen a few here also!