Meece 1,957 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 25 minutes ago, Kerny92 said: All over the place now. Yes. In the last couple of years their numbers have really exploded. A bloke that I know has a load of free range chickens and he is really concerned that they might get dive bombed and get picked off. I have noticed a few puffs of small bird feathers around. They are supposed to take pigeons but there were a load of pigeons flying in and around the wood when they were circling. The pigeons didn't seem to be affected by this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,196 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 9 hours ago, Meece said: Yes. In the last couple of years their numbers have really exploded. A bloke that I know has a load of free range chickens and he is really concerned that they might get dive bombed and get picked off. I have noticed a few puffs of small bird feathers around. They are supposed to take pigeons but there were a load of pigeons flying in and around the wood when they were circling. The pigeons didn't seem to be affected by this. If it's buzzards you are still referring to your chicken mate should,nt worry they are pretty happy scavenging most of the time not a very active hunter, there,s a fresh planted field I pass quite often and there can be as many as 10 buzzards on it all looking for worms, and really the perigrine is the pigeon specialist buzzards are to lazy, I have 5 pair of peregrine nesting near my house but still shit loads of pigeons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,196 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 11 hours ago, fireman said: Just don't anyone waste their money on dried mealworms,no nutritional value in them and your better off buying maggots from the fishing shop,keep them for a few days in bran till the black spot goes,pour boiling water over them,then quench them in cold water then freeze them until needed as such.You can buy them as frozen pinkies from some bird food suppliers but make sure there maggots and not baby mice when buying frozen pinkies,good for captive birds as well.. The meal worms are just dehydrated mate nowt wrong with them, just soak them in warm water to rehydrate them and the birds love them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 You can buy live meal worms aswell. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 minute ago, scothunter said: You can buy live meal worms aswell. Very true and cheaper to buy them by the kilo,but the maggot trick i said about will kill off any salmonella in the maggots and they don't try to crawl off either .. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 25 minutes ago, Greyman said: The meal worms are just dehydrated mate nowt wrong with them, just soak them in warm water to rehydrate them and the birds love them If you ever feed any finch type birds with meal worms they will squash the insides out of them the leave the worthless husk,like i said no nutritional value in them no matter how much soaking you do.Your dogs will wolf down tinned food,your kids will eat maccy d's would they not?, but it don't mean it's right or good for them.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, fireman said: Very true and cheaper to buy them by the kilo,but the maggot trick i said about will kill off any salmonella in the maggots and they don't try to crawl off either .. Yea mate I always bring any maggots home from the fishing for the birds. I say birds mainly robins they love them. Even when fishing I nearly always have a wee robin hanging around the camp waiting for the lid to be left off the maggot tub. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,196 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 53 percent protein, 28 fat,6 fibre and 5 percent moisture if fed dry, it's not possible for an animal to loose all goodness just through drying out, we eat lots of dehydrated fruit and meat as a species ourself they are fine, bread has very little goodness in but most birds don't say no to it, like Maccy,s if it's part of a balance diet its fine, eat nothing but and you would be in trouble Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,196 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, scothunter said: Yea mate I always bring any maggots home from the fishing for the birds. I say birds mainly robins they love them. Even when fishing I nearly always have a wee robin hanging around the camp waiting for the lid to be left off the maggot tub. In my younger days we spent all are spare days at a local lake, one mate never went home for 16 weeks and ended up with a robin living in his bivvie it would sit on his sleeping bag every morning and wake him up for food, if I only have a few maggots the fish in my pond get them but if I have lots I just freeze them all and use for bait next time as live maggots bury themselves in silt were as dead ones lay on the silt and make a good visual attractor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 46 minutes ago, Greyman said: 53 percent protein, 28 fat,6 fibre and 5 percent moisture if fed dry, it's not possible for an animal to loose all goodness just through drying out, we eat lots of dehydrated fruit and meat as a species ourself they are fine, bread has very little goodness in but most birds don't say no to it, like Maccy,s if it's part of a balance diet its fine, eat nothing but and you would be in trouble Just a list of numbers to me bud sorry. I just use what my eyes have shown me and like i say most finch/seed eating type birds just eat the insides and leave the shell and when they have been oven dried your left with just a shell,hence why there a waste of money in my eyes then... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,973 Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Just heading in from work in the truck and I've seen the first one of these of the season... ... feeding on a mule deer that got hit by a truck yesterday. They're not usually here until May. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 11 minutes ago, ChrisJones said: Just heading in from work in the truck and I've seen the first one of these of the season... ... feeding on a mule deer that got hit by a truck yesterday. They're not usually here until May. What is it Chris. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,973 Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Just now, peterhunter86 said: What is it Chris. Sorry mate, I just realised I hadn't named it in the OP. It's a Turkey Vulture. They're very common here in the summer months but we don't usually see them for a few weeks. I was in Overton Nevada yesterday and they were coming in for the start of the season. Literally, hundreds of them riding the thermals but we don't usually see them this far north until May. Big bird too. Nearly a 2-metre wingspan on an adult bird. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, ChrisJones said: Sorry mate, I just realised I hadn't named it in the OP. It's a Turkey Vulture. They're very common here in the summer months but we don't usually see them for a few weeks. I was in Overton Nevada yesterday and they were coming in for the start of the season. Literally, hundreds of them riding the thermals but we don't usually see them this far north until May. Big bird too. Nearly a 2-metre wingspan on an adult bird. I had a feeling it was some type of vulture,I'd say it's some sight to see from the norm. Nice one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinkell 787 Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Osprey back at loch of the Lowe's they have live webcam good to see 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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