To continue our sago of the jackdaws, the above photo shows our garden waste bin full and crammed down with nothing but twigs put down one of our chimneys by a couple of jacdaws (as detailed in our last). Ann says that all of the twigs in the bin were collected from our fireplace, and it took the pair of them just over a week to deposit this little lot!
Above photo is of our two chimneys. The one to the left (minus a pot) is the one favoured as their ancestral home by the jackdaws.
And perching on the chimney with the pot is one of the two jackdaws. I personally think that they are directly descended from the criminally inclined Jackdaw of Rheims, who stole the Cardinal's ring, and caused a good deal of unpleasantness thereby. And very worthy descendants they are, too.
To more pleasant subjects - it's been our usual busy Wednesday. Started at six a.m. Ann Deaconed at early service. As I seem to have got a streaming cold, or a touch of hay-fever, I stayed in, and have been quite busy pottering about the workshop most of the day.
We're both ready for bed now - so Goodnight All.
4 comments:
That's remarkable bird effort!
Has anyone suggested a Cowl?
Hello Rog. Yes. A good friend of our, a builder specialising in ancient properties, has suggested a chimney pot (with wire netting over it) on the left hand chimney, and a cowl on the right hand chimney. He also suggests that while he is up there (scaffolding required) he will remove the incorrect cement pointing, and repoint with the correct lime plaster. It's got to be done I think, and should discourage the jackdaws.
In my old home we had trouble with Jackdaws - had the chimney cleared and by the time they were ready to fit a cowl they had filled it up again.
Hello Pat. It amazed us - the sheer amount of twigs they'd gathered and put down the chimney. As Ann said, it came to a largish bin full in just over a week. Although, at the moment (everything crossed), we seem to have discouraged them - haven't seen anything of themn for nearly a week.
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