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County Louth (formerly Dundalk Bay) local patch. (3 Viewers)
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Mr Hornblower
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Squidge - Cheers ! Where did you go exactly and about what time ?
On another note - Should I still have my nut feeder out and fat balls ? is there any danger to the newly hatched receiving any
On another note - Should I still have my nut feeder out and fat balls ? is there any danger to the newly hatched receiving any
squidge
Wha Whassssat
Hi mr Hornblower, I went to the right of the bank about 300mtrs just past the fence that juts out towards the sea. I was there at around 10.30am. As regards your feeders I'm no expert but personally I'm using up the last of my fatballs and when these are finished I'll give the fatballs a break till probably the Autumn. I will still put out the nuts but only in the feeders as the birds have to break the nut to get at them thus no risk of whole nuts been given to chicks. I also put out sunflower hearts, nyger seed and no mess seed mix although I've reduced the amount I put out the last week as it seems to be taking longer for the feeders to empty. This is probably due to the birds going for live food for their young. Although the sunflower hearts seem to go quicker than anything else. Thanks Ger.
Derek Watters
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Preventing birds attacking their own reflection
I have a male chaffinch that is regularly attacking it's own reflection in a window at the back of my house. He's been at it now for 3 days and even when I stand at the window he continues doing so (the reflection is very strong). This in itself is not unusual (I have seen tits attack car side mirrors before) but I am concerned that this bird will do itself an injury or exhaust itself!
Apart from removing the window :eek!:, has anyone any solutions to putting the bird off?
I have a male chaffinch that is regularly attacking it's own reflection in a window at the back of my house. He's been at it now for 3 days and even when I stand at the window he continues doing so (the reflection is very strong). This in itself is not unusual (I have seen tits attack car side mirrors before) but I am concerned that this bird will do itself an injury or exhaust itself!
Apart from removing the window :eek!:, has anyone any solutions to putting the bird off?
gareth2005
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Get a decoy hawk from the Gun shop in town?
A mate of mine has Grey crows attacking his kitchen windows for the second year running now they make a hell of a racket !
A mate of mine has Grey crows attacking his kitchen windows for the second year running now they make a hell of a racket !
Monahawk
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Cranked up on sex hormones, he is convinced that there is a male interloper in his territory. A few years ago I had a robin who did this for weeks. Once female started incubating eggs, the behavior stopped, presumably because he started tending incubating female, confident that he had beaten off the interloper and the incubating eggs were indeed his! I'd say he'll stop fairly soon - male robins assiduously feed incubating females - not sure about chaffinches though?
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Derek Watters
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Strange thing is, there are still 3 male chaffinches in the garden!
I posted the same query elsewhere on the net and someone suggested a sheet of cling film crumpled up a bit to break the reflection. I actually have a roll of material very similar to cling film, that was used by the workers building my house to protect the glass, so I'll give that a go.
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Derek Watters
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Must have only arrived in this morning as I had a good look around that area yesterday evening and nothing of note.
Yeah, I´d say that´ll work. I did it last year with a big sheet of bubble-wrap from binoculars or scope or something I´d bought. Just taped it onto the window with duct-tape. I reckoned if the bird kept on banging his stupid head off the window, at least the bubble-wrap would stop him hurting himself.......
gareth2005
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My car was attacked by a Pied Wagtail at Templetown beach a few days ago, I chased him off an he came back again 
Them Cooley wagtails are tough.....
On an off topic note since i'm now not flying to Lanzarote and for anyone else interested here is a map of the ash cloud and any Irish flights will also show live http://www.ei7dar.com/aircraftlive.html
Them Cooley wagtails are tough.....On an off topic note since i'm now not flying to Lanzarote and for anyone else interested here is a map of the ash cloud and any Irish flights will also show live http://www.ei7dar.com/aircraftlive.html
Derek Watters
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My car was attacked by a Pied Wagtail at Templetown beach a few days ago, I chased him off an he came back again
On an off topic note since i'm now not flying to Lanzarote and for anyone else interested here is a map of the ash cloud and any Irish flights will also show live http://www.ei7dar.com/aircraftlive.html
Hi Gareth
Sorry to hear your flight was cancelled again :C - I know from elsewhere on the web (fdb) that it was also cancelled mid week.
Just to say that Gareth's excellent site above can be very slow due to the massive demand placed on it at the moment (15,000 hits I believe), so keep trying. If you ever wanted to know where an aircraft flying overhead was going, head to this website. One to add to your web favorites!
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gareth2005
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If it fails to load press f5 and wait it might reload
Gerry o Neill
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willow warbler
Big fall of migrants on clogher head rocks today !!!! one willow warbler!
Big fall of migrants on clogher head rocks today !!!! one willow warbler!
