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| Thread ID: 147785 | 2019-04-19 21:46:00 | Blackbirds feeding in our garden | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1460058 | 2019-04-19 21:46:00 | It's very interesting watching the blackbirds throwing leaves aside in the garden looking for a juicy slug underneath. The leaves are flying every which way. Every so often they stop throwing to gobble down what they've found. And it's not only blackbirds. Thrushes are at it as well. It's a fascinating sight. Nature at work.:) | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1460059 | 2019-04-19 22:39:00 | Yes they stand on the warm driveway and pull all the leaves out onto it then sort through them for bugs etc. Big mess to sweep up everyday down the drive. Was even a bigger problem at the old house pre-earthquakes, Dad used to spend a lot of time sweeping up the driveway and putting the debris/mulch back onto the extensive garden bordering it, morning and evening. He made barriers to hold the mulch etc into the garden, birds just used to lift the leaves etc over the barrier then Dad had to get a special brush and pan set with long handles (to save his back) to put it all back into the garden. It was a long driveway, probably 40 yards long as the house was rectangular with a granny flat attached to one end. The birds would work in teams. |
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| 1460060 | 2019-04-19 22:51:00 | You can get the idea from this driveway which is next to the one I am talking about, except our drive was a bit longer leading all the way up to the garage, not stopping short like this one does. www.google.com 328!8i1664!4m5!3m4!1s0x6d3189fe899ab623:0x5c43bea3 e1840279!8m2!3d-43.5524039!4d172.6527767 Not worried about privacy, posted this because we don't live there anymore and Mum and Dad are both dead anyway and the whole place has now changed due to earthquakes and new owners. I was surprised to see the 2008 Google version which shows the place as I remembered it with the gardens tended by Mum and Dad for 40 years or so. Also lots of the trees have been cut down due to over-zealousness of the Christchurch City Council not wanting trees to foul power lines. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1460061 | 2019-04-19 23:04:00 | The new owners cut down the rest of the trees and covered the garden I am talking about with concrete, they also replaced the brown fence with the hatching on the top and the gates are gone. Dad and I spent ages building the fences and painting them about 20 years ago. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1460062 | 2019-04-20 02:54:00 | Or the birds here sneaking down to the cat food dish on the deck. alas my best hunter died and Mr Current Cat is a big mouse, he raises his head and complains loudly at them is all. They laugh back and keep eating. |
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| 1460063 | 2019-04-20 06:29:00 | I'd love to hear that....... | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1460064 | 2019-04-20 23:17:00 | One of the things not mentioned about the earthquakes is that a lot of memories triggered by familiar places and residences are no longer happening. I arrived in Christchurch in 1973 and it felt as if I was 'The Man Who Fell To Earth', no one here knew of most of the places I talked about in Africa and as time went on my memories faded as well. Google Earth is good, I can retrace all the familiar roads and street layouts of the town I came from and lived in for 23 years in Africa. The memories of the flats I occupied in Chch are now not valid anymore because most of them have been demolished or so drastically altered by new owners that they are no longer a trigger. Also note that a lot of flats are available because the Landlord is waiting for a suitable buyer and is just renting to keep money rolling in. As well a lot of flats are older buildings to be demolished in the future. So now they are all gone or altered. Add to this the earthquakes and resultant demolitions and in fact not one of the places I rented in the last 40 years or so is still existing in any state i can recognize. My parents place mentioned above is still recognizable but the gardens and most of the trees are gone, all the brickwork and roof has been replaced and have different colours. |
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| 1460065 | 2019-04-21 22:32:00 | One bird that has amazed me is the chicken in a free range environment. Free range chickens do s*** they dont goof around. They have a daily plan will immediately eat fresh grass after walking out of the coop then go for a long walk, scratch in the ground, sunbathe with their wings out, dig in the ground for a dirt bath. When dusk comes they leisurely walk back home to their coop have a drink of water and eat from a chookateria and perch. | prefect (6291) | ||
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