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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Diane CBPFC on January 02, 2023, 11:36:37 PM

Title: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 02, 2023, 11:36:37 PM: I have a cage for my birdseed bells, a mink opened the cage and ran off with two seed bells over the holidays. I caught it in the act the second time.

My solution was to put a lock on it lol

I make my own seed bells these days for about one third the cost of store bought - plus they are more nutritious as I use peanut butter and enriched budgie seed.
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 03, 2023, 09:46:20 AM: Great stuff, Diane. I'm always amazed at the variety of animals and birds that roam around your property. By the way, I'm still waiting for your first Bigfoot photo!
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Mince on January 03, 2023, 05:30:53 PM: Quote from: Roger Kettle on January 03, 2023, 09:46:20 AM
By the way, I'm still waiting for your first Bigfoot photo!

Is he still holidaying in Canada?
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 03, 2023, 06:10:04 PM: Ol' Bigfoot has reportedly been seen from Alaska down to California, passing through Canada, Washington State and Oregon. It also pops up in loads of other states and is particularly active in West Virginia.
I have no idea if it's on holiday or not.
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Mince on January 03, 2023, 07:11:02 PM: Wow, maybe it's got a bus pass.
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 04, 2023, 12:27:24 PM: I gather he's even been seen sunning himself on the shores of Loch Ness with his pal.

Diane, you're taking a big risk leaving the key in the padlock. He's just biding his time, the little mink-key (see what I did there?). Your birdseed bells look scrumptious!
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 04, 2023, 03:14:27 PM: Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 04, 2023, 12:27:24 PM
I gather he's even been seen sunning himself on the shores of Loch Ness with his pal.

Diane, you're taking a big risk leaving the key in the padlock. He's just biding his time, the little mink-key (see what I did there?). Your birdseed bells look scrumptious!

I took the key out LOL
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 04, 2023, 03:17:06 PM: One of the best books I read in 2021 was The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz. Published 1956 “The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India.”

There is a bit in it that sounds like a yeti spotting to me.

I read the book because of the Ed Harris movie “The Way Back” 2010
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 04, 2023, 03:18:45 PM: There was no Yeti spotting in the movie and neither was there a musical bear - for those things you need to read the book.
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 04, 2023, 05:26:40 PM: How can you make a film of a book and clearly miss out the best bits?
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 05, 2023, 03:15:42 PM: Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 04, 2023, 05:26:40 PM
How can you make a film of a book and clearly miss out the best bits?

LOL I know eh
Title: Re: Who wants another wildlife story?
Post by: Mince on January 05, 2023, 03:18:22 PM: Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on January 04, 2023, 05:26:40 PM
How can you make a film of a book and clearly miss out the best bits?

It's easy if there are no best bits - Harry Potter comes to mind.