Yesterday I baked some scones and later in the afternoon after Tinkerbell and I got back from our walk, I decided to have one with a cup of tea. As the dog was very interested in what I had, I buttered another one and broke a half into pieces in her bowl then I ate the other half myself.
However, she wasn't really interested and just licked some of the butter then walked away. Just before she went home I emptied the bowl onto the bird table so that the bowl could be washed ready for Sarah to take home.
I didn't give much thought to the scone on the bird table until this morning when I was cleaning the oven. I had opened the back door to let some fresh air in because I had to use a chemical spray cleaner in the top oven and I don't like the smell. It was then that I noticed the bird table was completely cleared of food including the scone. I knew that the birds wouldn't have eaten it last night because the clocks changed this weekend and it was dusk when I put it on the bird table so I wondered who had eaten it all. Sometimes a magpie comes to the table and so do a pair of collared doves but I know that they usually come around lunchtime when they know there will be food on the table.
While I waited for the oven cleaner to do it's stuff I decided to put out a little more food onto the bird table because the robin prefers the table to the bird feeders and I also included some sunflower kernels for the suirrel. Within five minutes of coming back inside the squirrel was up on the bird table stuffing his face so I think he was probably watching me from his hiding place on the wall where he can hide in the honeysuckle. Perhaps he ate the scone because he seems to have a taste for things other than nuts. Maybe I might put some more scone out another day or even a biscuit and watch to see who's eating it.
I think the answer to the question is the squirrel! I went out this morning to put the food on the bird table and I saw where he was hiding and watching me so I also put out a broken sweet oatmeal biscuit (a cheap version of the Hob Nob). When I came inside he was on the a
ReplyDeletetable within minutes, he ate some sunflower kernels then sat there scoffing the biscuit! He didn't have any nuts so I suppose he'll be back for those later. After he had left the magpie came down and finished the rest of the biscuit:D