Poor little fella...

[Artimus]

Missed the bird box, slammed into the wall & fell to the slabbed patio beside me.



He doesn't seem to want to fly again! What do I do with him?

 

[s3clarke]

stamp on him

 

[BigWillyStyle]

Put it in a Pie?

 

[palfy86]

Put a For Sale sign on his house?

 

[Artimus]

Lol. I should have known better than to ask in here.

Crisis temporarily averted til he gets his mojo back.

 

[hades-]

keep it as a pet

 

[palfy86]

Friend for life there mate. seems happy in the ashtray.

 

[hades-]

or let it play with my lizard

 

[s3dave]

Now give it a beer and talk about the Wright Bros....

 

[crazy88]

The cat will have him as soon as you take your eyes off him.

 

[superkarl]

1 x length of tube
1 x tub of KY jelly
......

 

[Artimus]

well that didn't take long, He just took off for the trees at the bottom of the garden.

...I miss him already.

 

[palfy86]

time to pull out the rifle and get him back lol

 

[Nicki]

Awww, bless! What a little cutie. Glad he's flew off OK. (For future reference, I would've called the RSPCA)

I only get stupid wood pigeons & starlings in my garden. One of the downsides of having a garden so small there's no trees for the prettier birds to nest in.

 

[BigWillyStyle]

Glad it all ended well! I could never be a vet! Too much of a wimp when it comes to animals!

 

[Artimus]

Awww, bless! What a little cutie. Glad he's flew off OK. (For future reference, I would've called the RSPCA)

I only get stupid wood pigeons & starlings in my garden. One of the downsides of having a garden so small there's no trees for the prettier birds to nest in.

You don't need trees in your garden, just put a birdbox up somewhere cats can't get to it, in a year or two something (maybe finches, dependent on the size of the opening) will take up residence.

They prefer boxes\houses to tree nesting too, as it means Magpies & the like can't get to their eggs to steal them. :icon_thumright:

 

[Artimus]

or let it play with my lizard

errr, looks like one of those baby Dragon things! Couldn't have that around here, I'd be sleeping with one eye open. lol

 

[StateOfPlay]

RSPCA are not bothered about birds, and even the RSPB, whose head office is just a couple of miles from me, they are also not bothered. A charity set up to protect birds, and when I called them to say I had found 3 fledglings, they told me they were not interested.

I spent ages finding a home for them, a lovely lady who took on fledglings, I had to drive for 2 hours to get to her, and I gave her £20 for some grub, and she took them on.

RSPB are such snobs. Honest. They don't give a stuff.

 

[Nicki]

You don't need trees in your garden, just put a birdbox up somewhere cats can't get to it, in a year or two something (maybe finches, dependent on the size of the opening) will take up residence.

They prefer boxes\houses to tree nesting too, as it means Magpies & the like can't get to their eggs to steal them. :icon_thumright:

I've got a lovely bird feeder in my garden that the pretty little birds just won't visit. Probably because 2 of my neighbours have cats (& next doors cat likes to "visit" my garden...) I'm going to try to get some kind of cat deterrent this summer I think. Might put a bird box on my shed. Can't really put it on the house - plus I'd never see them if I did!

Knew the RSPB wouldn't be bothered, but thought the RSPCA would at least be able to give some guidance over the phone...

 

[NHN]

Good for you mate, at least someone gives a toss about the animals in this world, I'd buy you a beer anytime

 

[Artimus]

Good for you mate, at least someone gives a toss about the animals in this world, I'd buy you a beer anytime

lol. as long as I'm not working a shift, I'd have a beer with you Nige.

 

[Artimus]

These were taken this evening, He's fully recovered and feeding the family...





Incoming ..the speed they fly at that box, I'm not surprised he knocked himself silly yesterday.



Poser ..



he doesn't seem to mind the camera at all, and has been hanging around outside a lot more than usual.

 

[CHEZ]

Nice ending!

a result!

 

[davc]

I'm going to try to get some kind of cat deterrent this summer I think. Might put a bird box on my shed. Can't really put it on the house - plus I'd never see them if I did!

Carpet gripper nailed to the fence will keep them out mate or Prikka Strip

I fcuking hate cats - they crap on my front lawn and on the bark in my kids' play area out the back and I have to clean up their mess.

 

[wolfie138]

had a little finch thingy do that a few years back, went into the patio windows. same thing - sat on the pavement looking up at me w/ a dazed expression but flitted off a few minutes later. they're fairly resilient it would seem. had a pigeon hit the back bedroom window too, left a big perfect dust angel inprint.

 

[Artimus]

He's not a "Poor little fella" anymore

You've heard of Kung Fu Panda ...meet Kung Fu Blue Tit

 

[NHN]

That's effing cool, check him out, old big balls lol.