docholiday Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Was out all day today, so just thawing out, again not a breath of wind, very few pigeons about, but those I saw decoyed well and gave a few testing and rewarding shots, managed 11 for 14 shots so happy enough, even if I would have liked to have seen a few more. This is the hide and this is how the pigeons saw me when I opened the crops they were stuffed full of these berries a bit of rape and grain, either from a garden or a farm I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Interesting, dont know what the seeds are, but some of those seeds could be yew berry seeds. Yew seeds are poisonous yet the red flesh that surrounds them is edible, after the flesh is digested the seeds simply pass though. I only say this because the contence looks simelar to that of a pigeon i shot in the garden for the ferret, half our garden is yew tree's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 I would say they are Ivy berries, the grain is perhaps being picked up around feeders due to the snow we have had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan-250 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 It's surprising how they can swallow berries that big. I didn't think they had very big mouths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 It's surprising how they can swallow berries that big. I didn't think they had very big mouths. they swallow acorns no problem and they a lot bigger tham ivy berries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcf1 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 they certainly are ivy berries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan-250 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Yer I've seen acorns in them when I split one to see what they had I was very amused by how they had actually eaten it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan gun Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 would agree with ivy berries aswell they are going nuts for them :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Next thing to do is find the woods where they are getting the berries from, they were all stuffed with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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