Photo competition

[kevboab]

Tit's? Like us for wasting a saturday night guessing which bird chews wax.

[gavin]

I thought that someone would try them.

I can't believe that I went along with the suggestion that they exited the rear end of a blackbird!

[kevboab]

I'll sleep better tonight now. I still cant picture blackbirds throwing pellets like that out though.

[Jon]

Surprised noone has posted this yet!

[HensandBees]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gavin]

Hi Folks

I can't believe that I went along with the suggestion that they exited the rear end of a blackbird!

Well, you deserve some clarification. I was wrong. They *do* pass right through the bird from one end to the other, exiting in a rather strained fashion. I'm thinking of contacting the RSPB to set up a hide for visitors! Additional detail just in includes the fact that there is a hen blackbird right now shovelling wax down its neck from a barrel of crushed cappings from their wax press.

I thought that I should bring this to you right away, early in the morning so that Kev can assimilate it before the time for nightmares later.

G.

[Jimbo]

Do you think the blackbird thinks it is a wax bill or even a wax wing!

[kevboab]

:-D Very good Gavin.

[gavin]

... and special thanks to Jimbo for the biggest groan of the week. Maybe they're keen to be immortalised at Mme Tussads once their time is over? Ooops .. very groan-worthy too.

[Jon]

Gavin I hope this photo competition is not based on differing sizes of pellets - the object being to guess which bird ejected the specific pellet.

Number 28 in an ongoing series - the bullfinch pellet!