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Spring has sprung.#1523531

By chevvron - Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:10 pm

Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:10 pm #1523531

The birds extra active with this warm weather; I've seen at least 2 butterflies in the garden this morning.
But how do I deter those bloody parakeets from coming in and gobbling up all the food I leave out for the other birds?

Last edited by chevvron on Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

There's only one 'F' in Fulham

Re: Spring has sprung.#1523554

By Dave_Ett - Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:59 pm

Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:59 pm #1523554

Move to somewhere colder.

Re: Spring has sprung.#1523560

By johnm - Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:20 pm

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Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:20 pm #1523560

Get an air rifle and shoot 'em

John Milner Fairly tolerant PPL/IR flying a TB 20 from Gloucestershire and Flyer Club member

Re: Spring has sprung.#1523685

By Bert Presley - Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:36 pm

Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:36 pm #1523685

chevvron wrote:But how do I deter those bloody parakeets

Had to re-read that. Parakeets?

I now have this picture of you wiping sweat from your brow as you heft a machete to clear the jungle to get to the bird-feeders.

No relation

Re: Spring has sprung.#1523686

By Korenwolf - Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:40 pm

Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:40 pm #1523686

West London, innit? Place is full of 'em :mrgreen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_parakeets

Re: Spring has sprung.#1523696

By FlarePath - Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:26 pm

Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:26 pm #1523696

Same problem in my garden most days, how they survive the cold beats me.

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Re: Spring has sprung.#1523750

By chevvron - Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:58 am

Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:58 am #1523750

Bert Presley wrote:
chevvron wrote:But how do I deter those bloody parakeets

Had to re-read that. Parakeets?

I now have this picture of you wiping sweat from your brow as you heft a machete to clear the jungle to get to the bird-feeders.

Ring knecked parakeets. Some dickhead released a pair in somewhere like Surbiton many years ago and now they've spread over most of west Surrey (down to Leatherhead) and Berkshire- there's a thriving colony in Windsor Great Park.
Being not native to the country, they have no natural predators and will even take on jackdaws and woodpeockers to get at my feeders.

There's only one 'F' in Fulham

Re: Spring has sprung.#1523755

By JoeC - Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:22 am

Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:22 am #1523755

We even get the occasional one in the far north that is South Yorkshire.

http://www.deliberateaccidents.com

Re: Spring has sprung.#1523972

By Korenwolf - Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:27 pm

Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:27 pm #1523972

JoeC wrote:We even get the occasional one in the far north that is South Yorkshire.

Typical Londoner, bet it's got a second nest just for the weekends... :evil:

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Re: Spring has sprung.#1524264

By Cessna57 - Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:24 am

Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:24 am #1524264

I once saw a bunch of parrots flying overhead in the Yorkshire Dales.

Parrots / parakeets I'm not sure, but definitely something strange and exotic.

"Aye, they visit sometimes"

Saw some parakeets in North London when I was a kid, and no one would believe me !