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Re: Resident & visiting wildlife
Reply #15 - May 16^th, 2017 at 3:46pm

bogarde73 wrote on May 16^th, 2017 at 12:28pm:

It cuts you to the quick when you unintentionally kill wildlife.
This morning I found a frilly gecko crushed in a wheelbarrow of firewood. I thought he might be just playing dead but sadly no.

I saved two skinks today from a slow death while they were hopelessly stuck to some sticky tape out in the backyard by using liberal amounts of De-Solve-It with a cotton bud.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Resident & visiting wildlife Reply #16 - Aug 20^th, 2017 at 2:35pm Looked out the front window a little while ago: 5 crimson rosellas, two chooks, a duck and a baby rabbit all sitting & feeding peacefully. Didn't last long. The rabbit did a jump with a 90 degree turn & the rosellas scattered. So many rabbits (and hares) about now my neighbour is talking about shooting them.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Resident & visiting wildlife Reply #18 - Aug 26^th, 2017 at 2:28pm Cockatoos: why do they have to be - 1. so damn noisy 2. so wantonly destructive just for the sake of it?
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Reply #19 - Aug 27^th, 2017 at 7:28am

Cockatoos can be a bit noisy at times - usually when they feel threatened, stressed or the babies have left the nest and are scared and alone. Their screech is similar to human babies calling out for mum. If there are plenty of trees around to sharpen their beaks - they won't touch your house.

A small flock usually visit my home in the late afternoon for a snack. They love pieces of hard, stale baguette with sesame seeds. The only damage I've ever found are the tips of branches from large trees which saves me the effort of trimming them.

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Reply #20 - Aug 27^th, 2017 at 7:43am

Don't buy your explanations.

Watched a.couple of big mobs wheeling around quite high up yesterday and the noise was deafening . . .and my hearing isn't even that good (after years of standing in front of big amplifiers). No screeching babies methinks, they were all flipping screeching.

I'm thinking more of damage to fruit crops. They don't just pull off some to eat they pull it off just for the heck of it or just to watch it fall. Nature's wanton vandals. The Antifa of the animal kingdom.

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Reply #21 - Aug 27^th, 2017 at 8:20am

bogarde73 wrote on Aug 27^th, 2017 at 7:43am:

Don't buy your explanations.

Watched a.couple of big mobs wheeling around quite high up yesterday and the noise was deafening . . .and my hearing isn't even that good (after years of standing in front of big amplifiers). No screeching babies methinks, they were all flipping screeching.

I'm thinking more of damage to fruit crops. They don't just pull off some to eat they pull it off just for the heck of it or just to watch it fall. Nature's wanton vandals. The Antifa of the animal kingdom.

Of course they would cause damage to crops if there is no natural food around. Large farms often have an absence of trees where they would normally feed off the nuts and berries. I will admit that I have noticed their habit of taking a few mouthfuls of food and then dropping the rest of it uneaten. Still whatever they drop is eaten by other hungry, smaller animals.

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Reply #22 - Aug 27^th, 2017 at 9:47am

mantra wrote on Aug 27^th, 2017 at 7:28am:

A small flock usually visit my home in the late afternoon for a snack. They love pieces of hard, stale baguette with sesame seeds.

One day you're going to come home and realise you've bought the baguettes that don't have the sesame seeds sprinkled on top ...

... and then you'll soon find yourself playing the part of Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds ... only they'll be Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos instead of blackbirds.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Resident & visiting wildlife Reply #23 - Aug 27^th, 2017 at 10:39am What a great time of the year - the snakes will be coming out. They'll soon deal with some of these baby rabbits.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Resident & visiting wildlife Reply #24 - Aug 28^th, 2017 at 8:02am Chomp. Slow swallow. Sleep.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Resident & visiting wildlife Reply #25 - Aug 28^th, 2017 at 1:38pm Just thinking, I used to know a girl like that . . . . . . in my dreams
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Resident & visiting wildlife Reply #26 - Aug 28^th, 2017 at 1:49pm bogarde73 wrote on Aug 28^th, 2017 at 1:38pm: Just thinking, I used to know a girl like that . . . . . . in my dreams Jesus God! Like Marla? In your we dreams?
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Reply #27 - Sep 5^th, 2017 at 8:18am

There are some new birds here, white storks or something like that. They won't find much water.

Also some mozzie activity, which is strange because there's been virtually no rain for months and it's still cold (except in the tortured minds of the climate alarmists).
You know what that means don't you? The harbinger of death for Peter Rabbit and friends and the florabundance of Mr McGregor's garden.

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Reply #28 - Dec 2^nd, 2017 at 8:05am

The other day I noticed a young hawk in my front garden. I haven't seen one close up before. It was a beautiful looking bird and it was standing on a large feathered hump. It was obvious that its prey was dead, so I sat still and watched it slowly devour this turtle dove over a period of 2 hours.

It methodically went over every part of the body - first pulling out every single feather of a particular area - then slowly devouring every little tendon and bone including the beak and legs. It would stop after a few little mouthfuls and look around checking for danger. It could only see me watching it - so continued this process until all that remained was a pile of feathers.

There is such a difference watching one animal eat another one out of necessity and not just as a toy to play with before killing it slowly for an after dinner snack.

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Reply #29 - Dec 2^nd, 2017 at 10:01am

It reinforces my skepticism about intelligent design in a way, because I ask why an intelligent designer would build blatant cruelty into HIS model (bait!).
But then I try to imagine another design without it and I can't.
So back to square one.

But yes, predators are beautiful creatures . . . except the insect variety.

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