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F&F Chitchat a hocht, an feirmeoir bocht

Buford T. Justice XIX

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Old thread....http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057621027

Sorry about the delay but all good now, the hamster had to do a stroke of work to prepare..

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Say my name

Water John wrote: »

I'll have to set a whole night aside to look at your links, say my name.

I only looked at the first half of that film I got bored when it moved onto the redwoods.
It's mostly just about ways of saving and conserving water in California with carbon saving thrown in.

Let us know if you watch anything interesting.

Water John

I'll have to set a whole night aside to look at your links, say my name.

Say my name

"The Dirt on Climate Change".

It's a short film and the title gives the plot away.
I haven't watched it myself yet but I'll stick it in here and it'll be a handy link for later.;)

https://vimeo.com/265117298

Lady Haywire

Water John wrote: »

Think I heard the cuckoo today. Am I losing it?

Nope, heard it myself this morning! Fortnight late though.

Water John

Think I heard the cuckoo today. Am I losing it?

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

Got the result they wanted anyway

Courting must have been challenging for your OH:p

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

The cat ate the stunned bird.

Got the result they wanted anyway

Say my name

whelan2 wrote: »

Parents had the same last year. Bird tapping at the window and crapping on it too. They tried tying cd's on the inside and other things. In the end my dad set a rat trap on the window sill. After a few days there was a few feathers in the gone off trap and we never saw the bird again ...

The cat ate the stunned bird.

whelan2

Parents had the same last year. Bird tapping at the window and crapping on it too. They tried tying cd's on the inside and other things. In the end my dad set a rat trap on the window sill. After a few days there was a few feathers in the gone off trap and we never saw the bird again ...

Say my name

Ms. Chanandler Bong wrote: »

I have a crazy bird (a blue tit) that's assaulting my kitchen window. Or rather, the lintel above the kitchen window. He's not attacking his reflection and he doesn't bother with food left on the sill, just keeps flying up to the lintel like he's trying to get something (nothing there). He's there a few times an hour, most of the day. I was curious about what he was at when he first appeared. Two weeks later, he's just wrecking my head

Any cables or hidden cables running under the eaves or behind the fascia boards on the house?
Could be cables going to sensor lights or going to the satellite dish.
Maybe if you have, turn off the power to these and see what happens.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/07/electromagnetic-noise-disrupts-bird-compass/

He could be seeing something that you can't see.

Edit: I so want this to be the answer.:p
Electromagnetic interference.

Say my name

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Ye haven't had a scourge of flies- bigger than midges but similar shape- in the last week or so? They all hatched out from the lake beside us and have been plaguing everyone around it since. They seen to like sitting on white painted walls etc so the tit could be after those.

Could be after spiders either.

Lady Haywire

Ms. Chanandler Bong wrote: »

I have a crazy bird (a blue tit) that's assaulting my kitchen window. Or rather, the lintel above the kitchen window. He's not attacking his reflection and he doesn't bother with food left on the sill, just keeps flying up to the lintel like he's trying to get something (nothing there). He's there a few times an hour, most of the day. I was curious about what he was at when he first appeared. Two weeks later, he's just wrecking my head

Ye haven't had a scourge of flies- bigger than midges but similar shape- in the last week or so? They all hatched out from the lake beside us and have been plaguing everyone around it since. They seen to like sitting on white painted walls etc so the tit could be after those.

Ms. Chanandler Bong

I have a crazy bird (a blue tit) that's assaulting my kitchen window. Or rather, the lintel above the kitchen window. He's not attacking his reflection and he doesn't bother with food left on the sill, just keeps flying up to the lintel like he's trying to get something (nothing there). He's there a few times an hour, most of the day. I was curious about what he was at when he first appeared. Two weeks later, he's just wrecking my head

Limestone Cowboy

Can't beat the drone

Ard_MC

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Rightly flustered here the last couple of days looking for a week old calf in 100 acres of a winterage. Mother is very milky and looks to be well sucked, was bursting with milk the day she calved and the calf was very hardy and sucked himself the day he was born. Haven't seen a trace of him since. Don't think she could be dried up so quickly. You'd often see them hide the calves for the first few days but a week is stretching it a bit. What he think? To my eyes the cow is sucked but my minds playing tricks on me at this stage. Walked the legs off myself today but it's a needle in a haystack kind of situation. Keep hoping I'll catch the cow by herself heading back to him.

You dont have a dog? Let him out for a run about. The cow wont be long gettin protective and head back. But be careful she could decide to chase the dog.

sonnybill

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Ya I can do it alright, have tried all the tricks at this stage. Some of the cows can be very cute. It's the area that's catching me. Could literally spend a week walking it and not find a trace of him. There's about 40 acres of scrub and bushes in it along with all the rocks and nooks and crannys in the open parts.

I find when you walk up to her they almost always immediately look in direction of calf .. I always concentrate my search where she looks first when disturbed .. Do that bawling trick too!!

Limestone Cowboy

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I had that problem with a heifer last year, didnt see the calf for 4/5 days and it only on 10 acres! Found it eventually by starting at the cow and walking in a spiral outwards around her. She started to take more notice of me andnow throwing an eye at me when I was in the direction the calf was lying.

Works if your near the calf alright, could be a half a mile away for all I know though. Feckers do be all heading to the nut trough as soon as they hear the jeep coming up the road aswell.

Say my name

Odelay wrote: »

This is how to do it. Don't look the cow in the eye, they know when being watched. Shield your eyes and walk in the spiral, discretly see how the cow reacts.

He could use the drone to film himself walking around the cow tomorrow in the slack/calm conditions?

Limestone Cowboy

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Can you make the sound of a calf bawling, you know the sound they make when they are distressed? Turn your back to the cow and try and throw the sound around with your hand moving over your mouth. Sounds mad as I read it back, but it often worked here to get a cow to go looking for calf.

Ya I can do it alright, have tried all the tricks at this stage. Some of the cows can be very cute. It's the area that's catching me. Could literally spend a week walking it and not find a trace of him. There's about 40 acres of scrub and bushes in it along with all the rocks and nooks and crannys in the open parts.

Odelay

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I had that problem with a heifer last year, didnt see the calf for 4/5 days and it only on 10 acres! Found it eventually by starting at the cow and walking in a spiral outwards around her. She started to take more notice of me andnow throwing an eye at me when I was in the direction the calf was lying.

This is how to do it. Don't look the cow in the eye, they know when being watched. Shield your eyes and walk in the spiral, discretly see how the cow reacts.

cute geoge

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Can you make the sound of a calf bawling, you know the sound they make when they are distressed? Turn your back to the cow and try and throw the sound around with your hand moving over your mouth. Sounds mad as I read it back, but it often worked here to get a cow to go looking for calf.

The joys of calving outside ,i often spent a day searching for a calf myself and would have all hope lost after a few days but always the calf will show up .Some of them seem to have a natural instinct to hide but very fustrating thinking that you should have looked after them better until low and behold they eventually cock their head

Lady Haywire

I had that problem with a heifer last year, didnt see the calf for 4/5 days and it only on 10 acres! Found it eventually by starting at the cow and walking in a spiral outwards around her. She started to take more notice of me andnow throwing an eye at me when I was in the direction the calf was lying.

patsy_mccabe

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Rightly flustered here the last couple of days looking for a week old calf in 100 acres of a winterage. Mother is very milky and looks to be well sucked, was bursting with milk the day she calved and the calf was very hardy and sucked himself the day he was born. Haven't seen a trace of him since. Don't think she could be dried up so quickly. You'd often see them hide the calves for the first few days but a week is stretching it a bit. What he think? To my eyes the cow is sucked but my minds playing tricks on me at this stage. Walked the legs off myself today but it's a needle in a haystack kind of situation. Keep hoping I'll catch the cow by herself heading back to him.

Can you make the sound of a calf bawling, you know the sound they make when they are distressed? Turn your back to the cow and try and throw the sound around with your hand moving over your mouth. Sounds mad as I read it back, but it often worked here to get a cow to go looking for calf.

mayota

Would bringing a dog with you make the cow head for the calf?

whelan2

Watch the cow for a while she might look in the direction the calf is. If she isnt looking for ir chances are he has her drank and is asleep somewhere

Limestone Cowboy

Say my name wrote: »

Would the drone be any help in having a look see?

If I put it up today there's a good chance it would land closer to your place than mine!

Say my name

Would the drone be any help in having a look see?

Water John

I suspect he's still there. Problem is, they are then wild as feck.

Limestone Cowboy

Rightly flustered here the last couple of days looking for a week old calf in 100 acres of a winterage. Mother is very milky and looks to be well sucked, was bursting with milk the day she calved and the calf was very hardy and sucked himself the day he was born. Haven't seen a trace of him since. Don't think she could be dried up so quickly. You'd often see them hide the calves for the first few days but a week is stretching it a bit. What he think? To my eyes the cow is sucked but my minds playing tricks on me at this stage. Walked the legs off myself today but it's a needle in a haystack kind of situation. Keep hoping I'll catch the cow by herself heading back to him.

Say my name

There's a wild banded robin that lived for 14 years.