Flush toilet!
My flickr friend Lance had a great shot yesterday of a Common Pigeon and it reminded me of this shot taken during the week of four very common pigeons in our back yard, or more particularly, our bird bath. Birds need fresh water although what they get in local creeks I have no real idea. They must have cast iron stomachs for sure. Anyway, we are meticulous in keeping the bird bath and other dishes filled with clean water primarily for the Galahs who really love it.
Frustratingly, we also battle during twice daily feeding with a number of quite pesky common pigeons. They are pretty dumb if you know what I mean, they never seem to learn but at the same time quite sneaky and always ravenous as well. But at the price of wild bird seed, we just do not want it to be a free for all. As well as the seed, they of course make use of the bird bath and take this absolutely literally as this image shows - not only that but they use it as a combined flush toilet and bidet.
Remember young children having a bath and the occasional whoopsies, well we have daily whoopsies and I refuse to tolerate this for drinking. So out I go, spin the water meter and add to our water bill and flush it all out and fill again. The lawn loves it and so do the birds including the Noisy Miners who just love baths and playing in the water. Welcome to our world. Chefs, waiters, personal feeders, cleaners, toilet cleaners, confidants and ambulance drivers.
Somehow I doubt we are going to get out of any of this any time soon! Oh what a feeling!
Flush toilet!
My flickr friend Lance had a great shot yesterday of a Common Pigeon and it reminded me of this shot taken during the week of four very common pigeons in our back yard, or more particularly, our bird bath. Birds need fresh water although what they get in local creeks I have no real idea. They must have cast iron stomachs for sure. Anyway, we are meticulous in keeping the bird bath and other dishes filled with clean water primarily for the Galahs who really love it.
Frustratingly, we also battle during twice daily feeding with a number of quite pesky common pigeons. They are pretty dumb if you know what I mean, they never seem to learn but at the same time quite sneaky and always ravenous as well. But at the price of wild bird seed, we just do not want it to be a free for all. As well as the seed, they of course make use of the bird bath and take this absolutely literally as this image shows - not only that but they use it as a combined flush toilet and bidet.
Remember young children having a bath and the occasional whoopsies, well we have daily whoopsies and I refuse to tolerate this for drinking. So out I go, spin the water meter and add to our water bill and flush it all out and fill again. The lawn loves it and so do the birds including the Noisy Miners who just love baths and playing in the water. Welcome to our world. Chefs, waiters, personal feeders, cleaners, toilet cleaners, confidants and ambulance drivers.
Somehow I doubt we are going to get out of any of this any time soon! Oh what a feeling!