Something old and decrepit...

...has recently taken up residence in my garden -- and no, it's
not auvache. I think it's a pigeon but its hard to be sure as it keeps
itself blown up into a puffball most of the time.

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~eesridr/oldpigeon.jpg (1 MB)

I managed to get within about 6" of it before it flew away just
after that photo was taken. It's not very active... Earlier it decided
to explore under the shrubbery, walking perilously close to the sharp
end of one of my rat traps, so I've had to disable them.

The ginger cat's back; I hope it's more wary of cats than people.

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It's got something of the turkey about the front end.

 

Ughhh kill it



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I can't believe it's Saturday night and I'm looking at a picture
someone took of a *fucking* pigeon.

I'm going out.

Now.

 

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IME when pigeons puff up like that, they croak very shortly afterwards.

Which is good. One less sky-rat.

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You need one of these
http://www.skipweasel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/goosey.jpg

She'll soon see it off.

 

Beautiful plumage.

 

Sometime around Sat, 21 May 2005 21:20:52 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
babbled on about:

Yup, they puff up to keep warm, and judging by the eyes and beak it is one
unhappy skyrat.

Cat fodder fer sure.

 

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...has recently taken up residence in my garden -- and no, it's
not auvache. I think it's a pigeon but its hard to be sure as it keeps
itself blown up into a puffball most of the time.

'Snot Bear, is it?

I managed to get within about 6" of it before it flew away just
after that photo was taken. It's not very active... Earlier it decided
to explore under the shrubbery, walking perilously close to the sharp
end of one of my rat traps, so I've had to disable them.

Ah. It flies. Then it's not Bear. Are you *SURE* it's not a vache
Auvache? <gooves> No, pigeon au vache doesn't sound quite right. Pigeon
en crôute, maybe. </gooves>

Anyway, sorry, 1MB's too big - we haven't all got a straight-through
exhaust. (You should be able to reduce that to a jpeg of about 6 KB
without losing too much detail.)

The ginger cat's back; I hope it's more wary of cats than people.

Hmmmm. Chat en crôute au gingembre....

 

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F-u set only to uk.rec.motorcalamities, BTW

 

I suspect it's a rat in a pigeon costume who's tricked you into
disabling the traps.

 

Warmer days?

 

True, I grant you winter is colder.

I'm still finding it decidedly chilly for May though.

Thermals + jumper + waterproofs + heated grips the other morning.

 

Which would?

 

Its either a woodpigeon or a very poorly duck.

 

said...

It looks as if it's got a miniature paper clip in its eye.
How odd.

 

LOL - wait for me...... <gets coat>

 

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Which would leave no half-dead pigeon in the garden, innit.

 

That'll be the reflection of the kitchen door frame.

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Brunel University. Room 40-1-B12, CERN
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WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

said...

Pip of course. Who'd be scared of a goose?