A Hungry, Nocturnal Visitor

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Originally Posted by scarry

Hmm,one Springer Spaniel soon sorts them out.
Easy as.They usually fly up into a tree,but are very reluctant to come down or come back,they just seem to bypass our yard[biggrin]

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Similar action here plus the occassional jet of water when the dog is not around, although lately I only have to head towards the hose and they take off at full speed to the neighbours. :BigThumb:

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I have all sorts of different birds that hang arround the place on a pretty much permanent basis and Yes they do some damage to my veggie patches But I counteract that by planting way more than I need So this way everyone gets a feed from the garden.
My olive tree fruits prolifically and I usually pick about 20l a year and the birds can have the rest, The 28's love feasting on the fallen fruit.
Spud, onions melons, pumpkins and cucumbers seem to be immune to bird predation here it is mainly the tomato's, peas/beans, chiilies and capsicum that they like to have a bit of a chew on occasionally.
I feed the magpies and butcher birds once or twice a week and this seems to stop them getting "grumpy" at nesting time.

A garden without birds is a pretty dull and lifeless place in my opinion so I don't begrudge them a bit of a feed every now and then[thumbsupbig]

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No possums?

Bloody things get into anything that we grow.They are too quick for the dog,she chases them off,but they sneak back.

My mother used to lose flowers on some of her pot plants.Eventually she saw the culprit,it was a lizard.
One of our sons has Cockatoos pinching his passionfruit.They are a real PITA as they take them,have a couple of bites,drop them then come back for another.

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Originally Posted by scarry

No possums?

Bloody things get into anything that we grow. They are too quick for the dog, he chases them off, but they sneak back.
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Possums certainly are fast, the other night I was standing in my front garden and two possums ran/fell out of my neighbour's tree and ran in opposite directions, they must've been fighting, but one ran directly at me so I quickly moved to stop it thinking I was a tree, in case it decided to climb up me for safety!