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Abandoned? bird nest on my deck

wa-loaf

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FYI - checked my birdies last night, and they've all successfully flown the coop.

So my success rate is 4-4. I must have a very welcoming environment for bird-raising. Those of you with dead birdies and egss, you must be very inhospitable. Time for some soul-searching. I am helping the birdie species, thank goodness for folks like me :)

There seems to be no lack of Robins in my neighborhood. I think they're doing pretty well despite a few losses here an there.
 

ski stef

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no robins in our yard...dog catches them...

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no robins in our yard...dog catches them...

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Nice!

I had an Irish water spaniel who used to hunt in our yard. Used to bring his kills to our back deck, kind of a gift to his masters I guess. Eradicated the groundhogs, even chased a few deer away. Almost killed the neighbor's cat who was hunting birds in some shrubs.

He was cured from hunting the day he cornered and killed a skunk. He was all happy, tail wagging when he brought it to our back door. Then he caught a whiff and went into a kind of depression. Took me several days and many gallons of tomato juice to clean him up enough to let him back in the house. Man did that stink!
 

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haha I know. It's real. That was his 5th time getting porcupined and the worst. Vet says either they learn the first time and never do it again or it will be a continuous problem. He has not learned his lesson, clearly.
 

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haha I know. It's real. That was his 5th time getting porcupined and the worst. Vet says either they learn the first time and never do it again or it will be a continuous problem. He has not learned his lesson, clearly.

Clearly...wonder what the attraction is.

Duke once confronted a snapping turtle that had wandered onto the property from an adjoining pond. He went straight for it and was barking and attacking and juking around; then I heard a yelp and he came jogging back to me with his tail between his legs. The turtle had snapped at his nose and managed to bite a little chunk off.

Wasn't much, didn't even bleed, but enough to cure him from turtles.
 

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Clearly...wonder what the attraction is.

Duke once confronted a snapping turtle that had wandered onto the property from an adjoining pond. He went straight for it and was barking and attacking and juking around; then I heard a yelp and he came jogging back to me with his tail between his legs. The turtle had snapped at his nose and managed to bite a little chunk off.

Wasn't much, didn't even bleed, but enough to cure him from turtles.

sounds like a smart dog..curious but learns his lessons :p
 

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ouch is right....I'd guess 2-3 hours work plucking those barbed quills out of the dog's mug

The first time it happened they took him to the vet and just held him while the vet plucked them out. Every time since then they just got a few people to hold him down while they go to town plucking. Luckily the quills have their own natural antiseptic so you generally dont have to worry about infections. Unfortunately the dog has a p.i.c. (partner in crime) so when one gets quilled the other usually does too. but now back to the birds . . .
 
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