You need some of these in your garden as they love munching on them:
https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qim...1c21df1c89155d
We have a pond. Some years we get frogs and toads so they keep them in check.
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You need some of these in your garden as they love munching on them:
https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qim...1c21df1c89155d
We have a pond. Some years we get frogs and toads so they keep them in check.
I have a back yard. As yards go, it's quite a pleasant one. Most people in our street use their backyards as a massive bin, but I try to be creative with my small space..
Anyhoo, I'm trying to attract the birdies into my yard. I have put up bird boxes, fat balls, and planted a tree for them to perch in. I was hoping to attract the likes of robins, tits, and sparrows but so far I've been inundated with pigeons, jackdaws (ack-ack-ack-ack-ack) and crows the size of Wales!
Disheartened, I went out and bought a fake robin to try and attract real ones?
So far, no robins. Or any small birds. And the pigeons perch on his head to get at the fatball..:whistles:
Meanwhile, I went to my mate's house yesterday..
We sat in her newly built kitchen with the patio doors wide open and in those 2 hours, I saw two squirrels playing and one came right up the door to eat some bread. A cat from two doors down was curled up on the chair (snoozing) the entire time. I saw robins, bluetits, sparrows, blackbirds (mum and dad) and the birdsong was AMAZING!
And I saw one pigeon. ONE!
And I swear it's the same bugger who was perched on my fake robin!! :lac:
I get that these big birds need to eat as well but the pigeons round our way are hoooooge and they rip through my fat balls in one day! :ohmy: The smaller birds don't stand a chance..:weep:
Still, I am lucky enough to live a few hundred yards from woodland so I can get my bird-fix that way. :yesyes:
And occasionally, I see the deer that's in there too. :shades: (though the bugger only poses for pics when I only have my camera phone with me, and it panics if I zoom in - the phone, not the deer) the bugger's nowhere to be seen when I haul my camera bag out (and zoom lens) with me! #sodslaw
My fox enjoys his daily dose of waitrose diced chicken, brie,chopped pear and blueberries. I also feed an army of pigeons at the crack of dawn and once they have buggered off I put food out for the small birds..
The fox just sunbathes most afternoons in full view..
What kind of fox is it?
A red fox but sshhh...He is my "secret"! My view is if I feed him he won't eat other poor creatures/birds but I'm probably wrong on this. He is looking pretty magnificent now!
Is he domesticated?
No he stays outside and is wary of me which is good because I don't want to encourage him too much and I don't want him to get too confident!
Ah, okay. I don't know much about foxes. We don't have many foxes here, and the ones that do live here, live up in the mountains.
Wow! A fox! I've had the odd toad, mouse and rat, but no fox.