"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 16/2/06 2:04 pm, in article ,
"Janet Baraclough" wrote:

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and the birds are definitely 'at it'! ;-)

I brushed and trimmed the dog the other day and snagged handfulls of
her hair on top of the hawthorn hedge for the birds. It had all been
grabbed by bluetits before the end of the afternoon.

We always do that too - if we can catch the dogs.......
And I put hair combings from family hairbrushes out of the window, too.
The
birds find it very rapidly at this time of year.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

Would have to be Buzzards in our case to cope with the 2 gal bucket fulls
per week our dog seems to produce in winter/spring, slowing up a bit now
thank goodness.
At present the most noticeable birds are the Jackdaws (we have hundreds in
the village) who will squabble for hours over a stick when there are dozens
of others to be had without an argument! we get showered with sticks all
spring until they have finished building.
But the racket from all the birds has increased dramatically in the last few
days, so lets hope spring progresses in an orderly fashion and doesn't knock
us back after false hopes as last year :~)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)