Out in the car I swerved [the road was clear] to avoid a squirrel..... next thing I know a thrush flew straight into the car and I heard it bump along the undercarriage, ARGH........ only then, a few miles up the road, a chaffinch/bullfinch [didn't get time to see it properly] did the same!!!!
I'm staying in the house this weekend!
Traumatised
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Geoff
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The mistake was swerving round the squirrel, you missed out on all those recipe suggestions.
Keeping kitchen door closed as the swallows (excellent brood of 5) have just fledged in the garage. At first they can't tell the difference between the kitchen and the garage yet shortly they'll find Africa.
Keeping kitchen door closed as the swallows (excellent brood of 5) have just fledged in the garage. At first they can't tell the difference between the kitchen and the garage yet shortly they'll find Africa.
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You sound like the woman who swerving to miss a rabbit caused a multi-vehicle accident in which severe injuries were suffered by several persons. 
Do not put off thanking people when they have helped you, as they may not be there to thank later.
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lol, I hope not Peter, I'm a driving instructor. I did check my mirrors before manoeuvering.......
I expect this sort of behaviour from pigeons but come on....... thrushes and chaffinches are a class above and should know better
I expect this sort of behaviour from pigeons but come on....... thrushes and chaffinches are a class above and should know better
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Age 12 we had a kitchen that had once been the gateway arch in an elizabethan mansion. We used to have the gatekeepers room along the west side divided into kitchen & scullery. The original north doors were removed and that arch bricked up and a new waist wall with large zenith window on top put half way to the south and the original kitchen knocked through.
So we have a large brick arch with a russian vine surrounding it and a hole behind it with a window about eight feet in.
Sitting at breakfast one day a blackbird hit the window at full speed, dead on the spot, it left a full body and wings imprint on the glass that lasted until mum cleaned it off a day or so later.
Heaven knows what the silly bird thought it was flying into.
So we have a large brick arch with a russian vine surrounding it and a hole behind it with a window about eight feet in.
Sitting at breakfast one day a blackbird hit the window at full speed, dead on the spot, it left a full body and wings imprint on the glass that lasted until mum cleaned it off a day or so later.
Heaven knows what the silly bird thought it was flying into.
Do not put off thanking people when they have helped you, as they may not be there to thank later.
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