Dead Birds, a conundrum

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feeds@yuku.com (Laura Penstemon) — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:13:18 GMT

Oi Lass, keep off I saw him first

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feeds@yuku.com (Lass) — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:05:11 GMT

yes, but are you married?? lol

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feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:30:51 GMT

Pens,

You REALLY do need a holiday! :

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feeds@yuku.com (gillessex7) — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:38 GMT

Pen's

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feeds@yuku.com (Laura Penstemon) — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:01:36 GMT

And they are a fine pair of knees Ray (BTW are you married ?? )

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feeds@yuku.com (umkraut) — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:59:22 GMT

Woahhh! I didn't know it was 'international bash runners day'

Does someone who is feeling poorly go running? Of course we do Pip, this nutcase even ran with a busted knee:-

and we are so fast we don't have time to fall down.. In fact,...

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feeds@yuku.com (PauleneS) — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:49:36 GMT

Well, all Terry Pratchett fans will know the answer to this.
DEATH COMES ALONG WITH HIS TRUSTY SCYTHE, DOES THE DEED, THEN LEADS THEM OFF TO BIRDIE SHANGRILA.

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feeds@yuku.com (lottiedigger) — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:35:02 GMT

Tiggs..... you've either been studying too hard or you've been at the wine weevils again........
Lottie

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feeds@yuku.com (Laura Penstemon) — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:57:33 GMT

Well we don't Shirley, we just step over dead runners and wait for the council to clear them up.. Troubles is with the new fortnightly collection system, they get a bit smelly if they keel over on the wrong week..

Now I must get on with picking fluff out of my belly button

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feeds@yuku.com (shirleyellenp) — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:10:18 GMT

Pip at Home wrote:
Does someone who is feeling poorly go running? I would imagine that most of them end up on the ground when they are ill and nature takes care of the leftovers. This is the natural cycle of life

OMG Pip! The runners????

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feeds@yuku.com (Tiggs) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:39:55 GMT

And those that die in flight get eaten by the invisible flying tigers before they hit the ground...

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feeds@yuku.com (Pip at Home) — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:21:17 GMT

Does someone who is feeling poorly go running? I would imagine that most of them end up on the ground when they are ill and nature takes care of the leftovers. This is the natural cycle of life

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feeds@yuku.com (h2yoho) — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:02:25 GMT

Wot, like the canary in the Only Fools & Horses sketch!!!

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feeds@yuku.com (BryonyUK) — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:46:17 GMT

I think Minty has hit on the answer. It's true that they don't plummet from the skies, so perhaps they find a nice tree to sit in and then just subside gently from their perches.

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feeds@yuku.com (MINTY1) — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:42:47 GMT

Very good point Pens, I think they must sit in a tree nice a quietly, die, fall off and turn into a tasty meal for the many foxes there are about.

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feeds@yuku.com (mojohnson) — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:33:46 GMT

I'm not sure about the whereabouts of dead birds ............................but moaning toad !! When AJ (OH) makes comments like this on Sunday mornings and asks why he/they are behaving so ............... I explain to him- very slowly - ' they have to say that because it's in the script' ................ but it does mean the acting is good eh?

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feeds@yuku.com (lottiedigger) — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:58:39 GMT

Agree about the moaning toad.....good description
Lottie

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feeds@yuku.com (Laura Penstemon) — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:17:01 GMT

Yes but there are thousands and thousands of birds and whatever age they die, I never see them. Do they never die in mid flight? Do they always know they are going to die and hide somewhere (where do the city pidgeons hide then??)

Don't mention willyum he is a moaning toad!

Pens

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feeds@yuku.com (lottiedigger) — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:33:13 GMT

It is likeley that a sick bird would isolate itself and hide away from predators Pens...so it would probably die unnoticed.
Very few of the smaller garden birds make it past a couple of years, many don't make it past the first year and are predated upon.
Some of the birds with longer life spans like swans and geese (they can live over 40 years) die natural deaths but an ailing bird is more likely to be killed by a fox etc....

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feeds@yuku.com (eileen) — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:02:26 GMT

Oh dear I think Pens needs a holiday!!!!

Dead Birds, a conundrum

feeds@yuku.com (Laura Penstemon) — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:29:06 GMT

Ok, after listening to a story line in the Archers I got to thinking (Ok its late I know )

When birds die, where do they go?

There are thousands and thousands of birds flying around but the only dead ones I ever see are those killed by cats or cars., why, when I walk out my front door, do I not get hit by dead...