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I saw something out of the ordinary today…

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boatyardblues · 30/09/2023 21:18

I heard high pitched squeaking as I walked to my car and saw a magpie drop a live mouse on the pavement and then peck at it. I didn’t know magpies could catch mice.

What did you see today that you weren’t expecting?

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Mehmehmehmehmeg · 30/09/2023 21:22

Magpies are just awful. I’ve seen them go after each other, lambs, dying bunnies etc

Cherryana · 30/09/2023 21:30

I saw Matilda the musical.
Although I was expecting to because I bought a ticket.

It was phenomenal though.

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 30/09/2023 21:41

My tortoise in the main bathroom, no idea how she got out!

SlippinJanie · 30/09/2023 21:43

A hen at the back door looking like she wanted to know if we were coming out to play.

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boatyardblues · 30/09/2023 21:46

Mehmehmehmehmeg · 30/09/2023 21:22

Magpies are just awful. I’ve seen them go after each other, lambs, dying bunnies etc

Grim. I thought they ate carrion, not living things.

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Mehmehmehmehmeg · 30/09/2023 21:47

@boatyardblues If they think it’s on its way out they’ll have a go.

lljkk · 30/09/2023 21:47

the other day I saw a magpie hopping back and forth between heads of 2 cows, pecking at the flies bothering each cow. Magpie was taking turns perching on each cow's head pecking at the flies. Cows obviously very cooperative. Like any African wildlife video. I wondered if flies for magpies were like raisins to me (small tasty items).

Hummusanddipdip · 30/09/2023 21:49

I did not know that about magpies, i do know theyre evil fuckers though - crows are just as bad!

I watched dh bake and decorate a cake with ds today - not necessarily unusual except...

Dh has never baked a cake in his life, but ds said he'd like to make a cake today with daddy specifically. Dh asked me to write a list and off they went to the shop, bought everything, I showed him the best recipe to use, they followed it and made a lovely vanilla sponge decorated with vanilla icing and animal biscuits...

They're now doing bedtime in a teepee in mine and dh bedroom. I've had a lovely day cleaning bathrooms/bedrooms, the livingroom and doing washing while they've baked and built 🤣 it's been lovely hearing them and better yet, they cleaned and washed up after themselves! So the kitchen doesn't need cleaning this weekend (usually dh and I share cleaning on saturdays anyway, but today they had a daddy and son day)

43ontherocksporfavor · 30/09/2023 21:49

A really brightly coloured caterpillar with loads of yellow spikes and a spike at the end of its body. Haven’t seen a caterpillar since childhood.

BeyondMyWits · 30/09/2023 21:51

Keeping with the bird theme, I was walking down an alleyway between back gardens and someone threw a dead pigeon at me... they didn't mean to, they were chucking it into the alleyway away from their dog... I was just unlucky to get in the way I guess.
(They did apologise)

Tilllly · 30/09/2023 21:52

BeyondMyWits · 30/09/2023 21:51

Keeping with the bird theme, I was walking down an alleyway between back gardens and someone threw a dead pigeon at me... they didn't mean to, they were chucking it into the alleyway away from their dog... I was just unlucky to get in the way I guess.
(They did apologise)

I'm not laughing really... 🤣🤣🤣

BeyondMyWits · 30/09/2023 21:56

Tilllly · 30/09/2023 21:52

I'm not laughing really... 🤣🤣🤣

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That's what my husband said when I told him about it!

icebearforpresident · 30/09/2023 22:05

A bird which may or may not have been a crow grabbing something that may or may not have been a sparrow and flying off with it.

Incase you can’t tell, I know bugger all about birds, but I have a big garden and in the summer can have lots of birds on the grass. Whatever the grabbing bird was, it was a typical garden bird, not anything like a hawk or bird of prey. I had no idea they would go for each other like that.

Tilllly · 30/09/2023 22:07

Apparently they've been known to peck out hedgehogs eyes...

Vinorosso74 · 30/09/2023 22:10

I noticed a hole had been dug in our garden, probably by a fox overnight. Happens every so often. However, this time there was an empty baked bean tin left in the hole.

Freezingcoldinseptember · 30/09/2023 22:13

I saw my bestie with her dgs today.. What a lovely little boy! Lovely to see my mate so obviously loved! Make my heart swell!

Devilsmommy · 30/09/2023 22:16

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 30/09/2023 21:41

My tortoise in the main bathroom, no idea how she got out!

Tortoises are Houdini's. They are amazing 🤩

Hipp0campus · 30/09/2023 22:21

Just posting to say magpies are incredibly emotional birds and can be very cruel.
One of the cats killed one a while ago and hid it's body behind the fence. Couldn't figure out why we had 5-9 magpies hovering around the garden for weeks being very noisy.
Turns out they hold funerals for their deceased ones, even bringing the corpse gifts. They've been witnessed mourning.

Callipygion · 30/09/2023 22:23

Tilllly · 30/09/2023 21:52

I'm not laughing really... 🤣🤣🤣

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I am 🤣🤣🤣
(but that’s how I roll)

whatwasIgoingtosay · 30/09/2023 22:24

I saw - and heard - at least 8 skeins of geese flying over our house today. That's autumn properly begun, when the overwintering geese arrive!

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boatyardblues · 30/09/2023 22:30

Vinorosso74 · 30/09/2023 22:10

I noticed a hole had been dug in our garden, probably by a fox overnight. Happens every so often. However, this time there was an empty baked bean tin left in the hole.

Perfect! This is nicely random. 😄

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Redshoeblueshoe · 30/09/2023 22:31

43ontherocksporfavor - I saw a caterpillar like that last week, I googled and it was a Tussock moth.

Mumaway · 30/09/2023 22:31

We saw a hawk catch a fairly sizeable rabbit, and then drop it. Unfortunately for the poor rabbit he landed on a poky branch straight through his eye socket. Probably quicker than waiting for the hawk to see him off though.

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boatyardblues · 30/09/2023 22:31

The magpie vigil would freak me out.

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Jeffreybubblesbombom · 30/09/2023 22:31

" My" squirell that comes to my garden every morning chasing an empty plastic bag that was blowing in the wind.

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