Seriousness What's out in your garden now .... - Page 17

kindlekitten · 04-21-2010, 11:54 AM

try the mylar ribbon. no guarantee, but I have found it effective when many other things have failed. there also motion detecting sprinklers that are pretty handy

Helen Smith · 04-21-2010, 12:04 PM

The cherry blossom is out on the trees here too (not in my garden but in neighbours' gardens). But you've reminded me, we have a jay that comes to the garden - pinkish, very beautiful but with an ugly cry, I don't know what kind of jay it is, it doesn't look like that picture of a blue jay - and I haven't seen it/him/her for a while.

kindlekitten · 04-21-2010, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helen Smith

The cherry blossom is out on the trees here too (not in my garden but in neighbours' gardens). But you've reminded me, we have a jay that comes to the garden - pinkish, very beautiful but with an ugly cry, I don't know what kind of jay it is, it doesn't look like that picture of a blue jay - and I haven't seen it/him/her for a while.

could it be one of the many jays, or magpies? camping in Colorado used to be accompanied by camp robbers (a magpie) incredibly loud, and very thourough in going after the picnic tables

beppe · 04-21-2010, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

An evil mastermind bent on the destruction of my strawberry patch. My nemesis! Professor Moriarty to my Holmes! The Joker to my Batman! The feathered fiend of destruction! A blue jay who stares me in the eye daily with a countenance full of "What in the name of Hades are you doing in my garden, puny human?"

Don't talk to me about scarecrows. Scarecrows are worthless against a beast who has the unmitigated gall to fly down and steal strawberries from the very row in which I'm busy pulling weeds!

I'm thinking of taking out a professional hit on him. Where's Hawkman when you need him?

Plant more strawberries!

I feed them all winter long with these balls of fat and nuts in a net that they sell, hanging from the limb of a tree. Put those up arounf the strawberries. They also like the mighty peanut.

An other thing you can do is to use a cat. That will certainly discourage your little pirate and its soon to be children. Although the remedy could me bearer of more troubles than those you already have.

Helen Smith · 04-21-2010, 01:15 PM

Kindlekitten, there's a link to the RSPB site here. I think it's slightly different to the photo you posted - but I must admit, I'm determined to make the most of the sunshine so I'm sitting outside and squinting at my screen here, and can't see much of anything. It's definitely part of the magpie/crow family, though. I thought it was quite exotic when I first saw it (or its forebear) a few years ago - til it opened its beak and squawked.

Apparently the Latin name is garrulus glandarius.

beppe · 04-21-2010, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helen Smith

The cherry blossom is out on the trees here too (not in my garden but in neighbours' gardens).

They do not count.

In any case I am glad that you found the door in.

recluse · 04-21-2010, 02:06 PM

I dumped so much weedkiller in my yard, my tapwater is starting to taste funny and it's still freaking green out there! At least the belladonna is starting to gain some ground...

WT Sharpe · 04-21-2010, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

You could put a cape & mask on your pug! The blue jay would laugh so hard you could whack him yourself! Or invite KK & her super-cat over for brunch! Blue jay fricassee!

It would take more than a house cat or a small dog. That's how jays get their jollies!

WT Sharpe · 04-21-2010, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

try the mylar ribbon. no guarantee, but I have found it effective when many other things have failed. there also motion detecting sprinklers that are pretty handy

I was thinking along the lines of connecting a motion detector to a fully-auto M-16. It works pretty good against mosquitoes; I just have to remember to disconnect it during girl scout cookie-selling season. Burying bodies is even more work than gardening!

vivaldirules · 04-21-2010, 04:19 PM

I went outside to get the newspaper and found these hanging around my zinnias. They're colorful and happy and don't seem to bother the postman much so I think I'll keep them.

BearMountainBooks · 04-21-2010, 04:19 PM

The mocking birds dive-bomb our cats all the time. But they know if they get too close to Scamp, it's all over. She's nabbed a few in her time. And in the garden, they learn to be careful in a hurry. The cats hide in the raspberry bush. Junior just chases them willy-nilly out of the garden. So even if he doesn't catch them, he can clear the area for a while.

Scamp pretty much ignores the dive-bombing birds until...she leaps!

WT Sharpe · 04-21-2010, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

could it be one of the many jays, or magpies? camping in Colorado used to be accompanied by camp robbers (a magpie) incredibly loud, and very thourough in going after the picnic tables

Here's a couple of pictures of camp robbers taken at Mt. Rainier. I believe they're also called gray jays; they're small--about the size of sparrows. That fellow in the denim jacket is me before I went gray and shaved my beard. These were taken during the month I spent in Washington. Notice the lovely Washington weather!

FlorenceArt · 04-21-2010, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helen Smith

Kindlekitten, there's a link to the RSPB site here. I think it's slightly different to the photo you posted - but I must admit, I'm determined to make the most of the sunshine so I'm sitting outside and squinting at my screen here, and can't see much of anything. It's definitely part of the magpie/crow family, though. I thought it was quite exotic when I first saw it (or its forebear) a few years ago - til it opened its beak and squawked.

Apparently the Latin name is garrulus glandarius.

Yes, that's the European Jay, the timid one

beppe · 04-21-2010, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Here's a couple of pictures of camp robbers taken at Mt. Rainier. I believe they also called gray jays; they're small--about the size of sparrows. That fellow in the denim jacket is me before I went gray and shaved my beard. These were taken during the month I spent in Washington. Notice the lovely Washington weather!

I knew it all the time. You are such a nice guy because you are NICE LOOKING!

recluse · 04-21-2010, 07:07 PM

Hey! None of that in my garden! Don't make me use the hose!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Madness, Revenge, Betrayal--Now Available in The Garden	williamcharles	Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers	0	08-03-2010 05:01 PM
walled garden not so bad after all..	scottjl	Apple Devices	103	07-30-2010 11:46 AM
Hello from Garden State	blueoyster	Introduce Yourself	13	05-21-2010 12:59 PM
Zen Garden	brewt	ePub	4	09-25-2009 01:26 AM
Ended New Oberon K2 red River Garden for Sale!	Lilly	Flea Market	3	03-27-2009 10:38 AM

04-21-2010, 11:54 AM	#241
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	try the mylar ribbon. no guarantee, but I have found it effective when many other things have failed. there also motion detecting sprinklers that are pretty handy

04-21-2010, 12:04 PM	#242
Helen Smith Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 200000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Device: kindle	The cherry blossom is out on the trees here too (not in my garden but in neighbours' gardens). But you've reminded me, we have a jay that comes to the garden - pinkish, very beautiful but with an ugly cry, I don't know what kind of jay it is, it doesn't look like that picture of a blue jay - and I haven't seen it/him/her for a while.

04-21-2010, 01:15 PM	#245
Helen Smith Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 200000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Device: kindle	Kindlekitten, there's a link to the RSPB site here. I think it's slightly different to the photo you posted - but I must admit, I'm determined to make the most of the sunshine so I'm sitting outside and squinting at my screen here, and can't see much of anything. It's definitely part of the magpie/crow family, though. I thought it was quite exotic when I first saw it (or its forebear) a few years ago - til it opened its beak and squawked. Apparently the Latin name is garrulus glandarius.

04-21-2010, 02:06 PM	#247
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	I dumped so much weedkiller in my yard, my tapwater is starting to taste funny and it's still freaking green out there! At least the belladonna is starting to gain some ground...

04-21-2010, 04:19 PM	#250
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I went outside to get the newspaper and found these hanging around my zinnias. They're colorful and happy and don't seem to bother the postman much so I think I'll keep them.

04-21-2010, 04:19 PM	#251
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	The mocking birds dive-bomb our cats all the time. But they know if they get too close to Scamp, it's all over. She's nabbed a few in her time. And in the garden, they learn to be careful in a hurry. The cats hide in the raspberry bush. Junior just chases them willy-nilly out of the garden. So even if he doesn't catch them, he can clear the area for a while. Scamp pretty much ignores the dive-bombing birds until...she leaps!

04-21-2010, 07:07 PM	#255
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Hey! None of that in my garden! Don't make me use the hose!