Re: Up the Ladder.

From: Martyn (bill_at_Microsoft.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:27:36 +0100

"Jay" <j_green156@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1091002456.22717.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
>
> And I suggest a couple of pottery/china eggs or even golf balls left in
> there to give them the idea.

I had a couple of plastic eggs in the nest boxes, but of course the birds
have never been in the nest boxes yet.
I put the plastic eggs on the ground outside, just to show the birds, and
all four birds attacked them !
Very strange, I can't understand why !

Martyn

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