gnipper 6,552 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I had my first casualty to a spar today right infront of me, I was pottering round the garden with a few young mules hung around the place trying to get them to sing when 2 started to act a bit funny in their cages. Next thing you know I see a brown flash and the spar was hanging onto a cage round the corner and managed to knock the cage off as I politely asked him to leave which smashed open letting the nice goldie mule cock escape. I nearly grabbed him as he whizzed past my head and then the spar snatched him a few feet above me and flew off into the distance with the poor bugger screeching it's head off. I hope carophyll does hawks in or that he chokes on the rings the little b*****d. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Spars are the bollocks!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 nature at its best Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,531 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Sorry to hear that Gnipper im having wars with the little fuckers here........i think ive got them on the back foot now though ..............I was stood about 20 feet away from the aviary the other day drinking a pint of milk when i saw a commotion out the corner of my eye.......in one swift movement the glass came away from my lips and fired it at the b*****d.........it went nowhere near the bird and hit the side of the aviary smashing into a thousand pieces........but i havent seen one since Got some front these things trying to nick your birds while your standing there !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I thought chucking your milk over a bird meant something completely different ........... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
youcanthide...BANG 1,051 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 You cant blame the spar, its basically a buffet your laying out for it lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 11,012 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I had one the other day grab a silver redpoll through the wire on one of my aviaries,missed getting her in the lens this time but she's a creature of habit so will get the pic next time she's around.Have to say i've never seen so many of the bloody things just lately buzzing the hedgerows creating havoc and can see the poor old song bird population getting a lot worse than it is now and there'll still wonder bloody why . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I had one the other day grab a silver redpoll through the wire on one of my aviaries,missed getting her in the lens this time but she's a creature of habit so will get the pic next time she's around.Have to say i've never seen so many of the bloody things just lately buzzing the hedgerows creating havoc and can see the poor old song bird population getting a lot worse than it is now and there'll still wonder bloody why . cats.rats.mink,carbon monoxide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 3,066 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Good year for the wild spar this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Good year for the wild spar this year. there population will be governed by their prey, same as with all preditors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Exactly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Heard on here I think about getting a nice clean fish tank and stick your birds in that in the garden.......donk...wheelie bin!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 11,012 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 That's just a thing to legaly protect a bird sat out in a cage and it would be very naughty to set it up as a deliberate trap though Lab, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 That's just a thing to legaly protect a bird sat out in a cage and it would be very naughty to set it up as a deliberate trap though Lab, I agree.....protection of bird comes first but accidents happen...:-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tsteve9999 456 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I guess I'd think different if I had an aviary but I think they are fantasic things, I love to see them hunting. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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