Comments on: Close Encounters of the Bird Kind

By: Hats Off! And Promptly Back On Again! « Town Mouse

Hats Off! And Promptly Back On Again! « Town Mouse — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:17:34 +0000

[...] it. So clearly (as one commenter pointed out last time we were troubled by buzzards) my hairstyle must resemble a squashed rabbit. Cheers, [...]

By: Angry Birds « Town Mouse

Angry Birds « Town Mouse — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:34:07 +0000

[...] of either buzzard or oncoming traffic and I made it home unscathed, but now what? We’ve been buzzed by buzzards before (I note *exactly* two years ago – must be buzzard nesting season) but that was on [...]

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:53:52 +0000

Anne – ship her over
flighty – it may come to that!

By: Flighty

Flighty — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:19:39 +0000

Reading this makes me glad that there’s no buzzards hereabouts or I’d be plotting wearing a hard hat rather than a knotted hankie! xx

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:42:16 +0000

Geez, you need our cat. She’s taken out enough pigeons. She’s ready to move to the next level.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:00:08 +0000

I’ve had swallows do that too – they’re either scarily accurate or just lucky. Still prefer either to an enraged buzzard

By: Ruaraidh

Ruaraidh — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:56:28 +0000

One word:

Oystercatchers….

Those b*ggers are way worse and then just to add insult to injury, they unleash a white bombload just as they pull out….

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:15:20 +0000

Not while running – it’s all extra weight… but if the bird persists, there might be a photo opportunity there. As long as it doesn’t pinch my camera

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:49:29 +0000

No photo / video?

/runs back to Somerset, fast…

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:26:23 +0000

cha0tic – not just me, the other half’s too!
Katja – there’s almost definitely a nest involved although I haven’t actually spotted one, and I’m far too unnerved to go looking…