Following the bad weather that we've had lately I have been scrubbing out and cleaning the birds' seed feeders. This is something that I do regularly but I haven't been able to do them since about November.
We have had a couple of good early springlike days so I grabbed the opportunity and finished the last one today. All through the winter I have been putting extra food on the ground so that the blackbirds, hedge sparrows and wrens could feed and they have also had a very varied diet. This has of course, been enjoyedby the squirrels as well. With spring being in the air I get a pair of collared doves that come down and I really don't mind these as they have perfectly polite manners and don't make a mess but unfortunately, if the wood pigeons see them in the area they come down too.
The wood pigeons are almost as big as turkeys and not only do they scoff more than their fair share of food, they do alarmingly big poops which I get stuck on my shoes and then it gets trodden inside, yuk! So, I always rustle the net curtains or open the back door in order to shoo them off and this is something the squirrels and little birds have got used to so they soon return for their food. This morning after I had put out the rubbish for the bin men, I came through to the kitchen only to see about six of these pigeons in the garden so I started to rustle the net curtains but this time they didn't take a lot of notice so I opened the back door and started to wave my arms about and jumped up and down like a live scarecrow!
The squirrels couldn't believe their eyes and sat up on the top fence rolling about with laughter while the sparrows and blackbirds lined up along the roof watching the show and I feel sure they were also having a chuckle.
Anyway, it worked because the pigeons didn't return and I think the squirrels have nominated me for an oscar too!
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