Avian diet

[doug]

When there's a lot of food about do birds overeat - possibly affecting their ability to fly?

[AlanHo]

I was required to attend a distant relatives birthday party last Friday evening. Most of the birds who were there showed obvious signs of over-eating and binge drinking - but I understand they are still able to fly to Benidorm for regular top-ups.

[doug]

Aw nuts!

[Boris]

I believe that the recommended diet is this ?

Diet Of Worms

[catgate]

It is strange that you should ask this, doug, because I was only looking the other day at some nature notes that I wrote 29 years ago :-

........., some of the bird life in the area is worth observing. We have a wonderful example of modification in action in the Chip Warbler. It was formerly recognised as the very rare Dartford Pippit. Over the last thirty or forty years it has changed it's habitat from gorse thickets on the moors and by the canal side, to the waste paper baskets of the local fish and chip shops. It would formerly warble it's little heart out proclaiming it's ownership of a suitable feeding and breeding ground. It now just sits almost silent, rustling about amongst the old newspapers and polystyrene disposable trays, munching it's way through cold chips and remnants of stale pork pies smeared with expired curry sauce1.

Although it stops eating just long enough to mate and lay eggs, it is slowly loosing the will, the need and the urge to fly. It was thought that perhaps it would, as a result of this, become decimated by the attentions of the local unmutated cats. The Chip Warbler has overcome this little problem, however, by discovering that none of the local cats can stand up to a barrage of cold curry gravy. It has developed cheek pouches in which it stores this material, and when threatened will eject a very accurate stream of highly eye watering juice at the attacker, causing the expeditious retreat of the attacker.

Another changed bird is the Un-upable Swan. Not a lot of upping was practised in the area4, but now a species of swan has developed that can not be upped5, even if upping was ever introduced into the area6.

A further modification in the bird world is the skylark. In former times it would climb high into the sky and pour out it's mellow song. Many have now become Shedlarks. They just sit on the roof timbers of open fronted sheds, directly above barrels of laughing oil, and just giggle in a very silly, childish manner.

Other birds recently sighted have included the Bacon Bunting, the Pasty Creeper and the Pantry Owl.

[Gandalph]

It is strange that you should ask this, doug, because I was only looking the other day at some nature notes that I wrote 29 years ago :-

........., some of the bird life in the area is worth observing. We have a wonderful example of modification in action in the Chip Warbler. It was formerly recognised as the very rare Dartford Pippit. Over the last thirty or forty years it has changed it's habitat from gorse thickets on the moors and by the canal side, to the waste paper baskets of the local fish and chip shops. It would formerly warble it's little heart out proclaiming it's ownership of a suitable feeding and breeding ground. It now just sits almost silent, rustling about amongst the old newspapers and polystyrene disposable trays, munching it's way through cold chips and remnants of stale pork pies smeared with expired curry sauce1.

Although it stops eating just long enough to mate and lay eggs, it is slowly loosing the will, the need and the urge to fly. It was thought that perhaps it would, as a result of this, become decimated by the attentions of the local unmutated cats. The Chip Warbler has overcome this little problem, however, by discovering that none of the local cats can stand up to a barrage of cold curry gravy. It has developed cheek pouches in which it stores this material, and when threatened will eject a very accurate stream of highly eye watering juice at the attacker, causing the expeditious retreat of the attacker.

Another changed bird is the Un-upable Swan. Not a lot of upping was practised in the area4, but now a species of swan has developed that can not be upped5, even if upping was ever introduced into the area6.

A further modification in the bird world is the skylark. In former times it would climb high into the sky and pour out it's mellow song. Many have now become Shedlarks. They just sit on the roof timbers of open fronted sheds, directly above barrels of laughing oil, and just giggle in a very silly, childish manner.

Other birds recently sighted have included the Bacon Bunting, the Pasty Creeper and the Pantry Owl.

:blink:

[andsome]

No problems here, all our local birds seem fine. We get the bird seed from Haiths. :D :D

[Tankus]

fat ones get eaten by the cats ...so you wouldn't know

my mothers ginger tom is a garden terrorist ...he lives to kill or scrap

[Gandalph]

My bird doesn't keep top this diet,it's a little bit fat, but still, my cat isn't going to eat it(I hope so)

I would keep an eye on the cat, you may see it giving the bird the 'Glad-eye', if this happens I'll guarantee it has big plans for it. :lol:

[doug]

So has anyone seen any fat birds?

[AlanHo]

So has anyone seen any fat birds?

You have now......................... :lol:

[catgate]

I have heard of All-in-wrestling,. I have heard of lady wrestlers. But and "All out" lady wrestler must me a new thing.

[andsome]

ABSOBLOODYLUTELYREVOLTING.