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AIBU?

to be pissed of at feathery neighbours having a late night party

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giraffesCantWearSuncream · 22/07/2013 00:25

I fell asleep about an hour ago. Woke 5 mins ago to birds going absolutely bonkers outside. Loads and loads of them squawking and screeching! Have lived her for 6 years and never heard anything like it!

So get a lot of sea (city) gulls as fairly close to a river.

What on earth would cause them to do this?!

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digerd · 23/07/2013 10:19

ps
We have doves and the sound of them cooing in the mornings is lovely

digerd · 23/07/2013 10:16

We have swans and cygnets at the back of us on the canal. I saw one family with just one parent . They mate for life, the male is usually at the front and the female at the rear of the babies to protect them.

When I see baby birds on the ground being fed by the parents I worry as we have 4 cats in our small area. Seen white feathers on the ground but no corpse, thank goodness.
They always make a racket when a cat is seen and have seen them dive-bombing one to protect their young. They don't seem to find humans a threat here. We are inland, but sometimes the sea gulls are seen on mass and assumed it was due to raging storm winds at sea.

Latara · 23/07/2013 09:58

PS why are the baby Herring Gulls bigger than the parents (and they are big enough!)? They are bigger than ducks round here.

Latara · 23/07/2013 09:57

Yesterday at the beach I saw a huge baby seagull being attacked by 3 crows; then mum seagull swooped down and scared them off which was good.

OrangeLily · 23/07/2013 09:57

Honestly I know giraffes isn't but if you are in the SW of England pleas just google 'drunk seagulls'.... I'm not making it up!!

HoneyDragon · 23/07/2013 07:17

I like that a Mnetter will comain about loud parenting regardless if what species is performing it.

NettoSuperstar · 23/07/2013 07:06

I have the mad squawkies here too, they woke me up at 5.30, and they bloody shit all over my car

giraffesCantWearSuncream · 23/07/2013 06:59

How odd

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Slavetothechild · 23/07/2013 02:47

We are in Lincolnshire and have the same problem. Yesterday early let our dogs out and one Got so spooked it took hours to settle him weird !!!

giraffesCantWearSuncream · 23/07/2013 02:02

They are starting again!

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giraffesCantWearSuncream · 23/07/2013 01:53

All silent tonight....

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WandaDoff · 22/07/2013 23:57

We have seagulls that actually divebomb people walking down the road. They appear to have a nest in next doors roof & DP says they're protecting their babies.

Funny as hell to watch though

They may actually be at the party at your bit because they are strangely silent just now.

SlangWhanger · 22/07/2013 23:52

Pah! English birds have nothing on South African HADEDA'S. The bastards sit on your roof at the crack of dawn and do a sonic boom style honk/squawk for hours and hours and hours.
We lived on the side of a beautiful valley and the HADEDA'S on our roof conversed with the HADEDA'S on the far side the valley.
Forget the crime, the racism, the corruption and the poverty it's the HADEDA'S that finally make you return to the UK

OrangeLily · 22/07/2013 23:35

I know there was a report the other day on the news that seagulls were getting drunk because they were eating a huge amount of flying ants and acting 'yobbish' and flying in to buildings?! This was in the south west of England though.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 22/07/2013 23:34

And wellies!
Have a lovely holiday giraffes
xxx

giraffesCantWearSuncream · 22/07/2013 23:29

Summer clothes but with a brolly then?! Thanks

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 22/07/2013 23:08

Sun and rain yes, but not cold and possibly hot again by the weekend.

giraffesCantWearSuncream · 22/07/2013 23:05

Oh kitten I need you! Is my holiday going to be filled with storms or will it be ok? Going to bournemouth on wed to stay with grockle and psychomum... I want sun. Weather vague with sun and rain!

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 22/07/2013 22:59

I'd be really interested to find out whether they sustain the same racket in 2 or 3 days.

giraffesCantWearSuncream · 22/07/2013 22:55

Glasgow - but we due storms tomorrow too.

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squoosh · 22/07/2013 16:13

I live in a top floor flat, one sits on the chimney and squawks like you would not believe, then it's amplified down into my sitting room. SO LOUD!

I tried to stick my head up the chimney and shout at him. No bloody use.

JADS · 22/07/2013 16:11

Ephemeral fairy - are you my husband???? He did this too, it didn't work either

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Salmotrutta · 22/07/2013 16:07

It's bovver boy crows round our way. They were having a parliament. Or is it a murder?

Parliament of rooks?

Murder of crows?

WireCat · 22/07/2013 15:56

The seagulls are really loud around here at the moment as well.

WTF?

ephemeralfairy · 22/07/2013 15:55

Same here!! I shouted at them to shut the fuck up. It didn't work

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