vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Blue Peter was better.
Should I help this bird?
- Thread starter Tin Pot
- Start date
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Blue Peter was better.
Its wild animal. You appear to be suggesting he should pick it up and tame it. It's a wild bird, it will either die or it won't. In this case the latter looks more likely.
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Apologies
Mandragora
Senior Member
No it wasn't.
Mandragora
Senior Member
That'd work but for the fact that I'm a teacher too...
BUT if he's a science teacher or teaches sums, or something else hard, your argument still stands because
a) I'm a girl
and
b) I only teach English, which is easy, because everyone knows it already.
Tiswas was best, followed by Johnny Ball's stuff.
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OP
OP
Tin Pot
Guru
But can you train them to hunt foxes..?
Bullpoo, a clamore costs more than that.
Electric fence? No not mains. It will be to expensive.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Just don't go near young tawny owls. I met this delightful creature on a Greek island three years ago. He seemed quite unfazed if I came within a metre of where he sat on a tree. When I got home, I read that the mother owls are usually close by. If they think their young one is threatened, they will fly up silently behind you and sink their very sharp talons into your eye balls. People are blinded as a result. "Red in tooth and claw"
Edit: Here's an article that's not for those of a delicate nature.
http://owltheory.blog.lemonde.fr/2008/09/02/ocular-perforation-by-a-tawny-owl-attack/
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gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
I can't remember when, maybe i was about 12, i happened to befriend a crow. Can't remember how it came to be, perhaps it was a youngster and i 'saved it', but it'd sit on my shoulder, be quite happy in my company. Don't think it stayed for long, buggered off one day....selfish beggar
Globalti
Legendary Member
There have been attacks by the eagle owls that nest near the Trough of Bowland, defending their territory against people with dogs. They swoop sliently from behind and rake the scalp. There are warning signs at this time of year.
I had a pal who had a kestrel that had broken a wing and he had reared. One day he brought it round to my house; we were out in the garden with the kestrel on his wrist. I saw a movement and spotted a hawk heading fast straight towards us, I can still see the yellow-rimmed eyes. It attacked the kestrel in a huge flurry and flew off leaving the poor kestrel dangling by its traces and us a bit shocked.
I had a pal who had a kestrel that had broken a wing and he had reared. One day he brought it round to my house; we were out in the garden with the kestrel on his wrist. I saw a movement and spotted a hawk heading fast straight towards us, I can still see the yellow-rimmed eyes. It attacked the kestrel in a huge flurry and flew off leaving the poor kestrel dangling by its traces and us a bit shocked.
