undertree Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 sat in my car yesterday watching about 70 pigeons feeding on field of rape, every now and then a bird would lie on the ground and lift one wing vertically in the air looking like sail there was light rain at the time and I wondered if that had any bearing on this odd behaviour,at any one time there would be about a dozen birds doing this, can anyone shed light on this as I have not seen this in over 65 years shooting pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 seen it loads of times in the garden....usually on hot sunny days //......i think they do it to get rid of lice or beasties....the bugs dont like UV sunlight...... that is what i believe anyway.. seen black birds do it as well...and when they do it they gape at the same time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Yes, tend to agree with Ditch.. but they might just be putting two feathers up to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Yes, tend to agree with Ditch.. but they might just be putting two feathers up to you or doing a dry run for a buzby berkly water spectacular... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ditchman Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 "if wit was **** i would be constipated"............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinj Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 If brains were gunpowder I wouldn't have enough to blow my hat off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 22 hours ago, martinj said: If brains were gunpowder I wouldn't have enough to blow my hat off Hhhahahha....good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooder Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 23 hours ago, martinj said: If brains were gunpowder I wouldn't have enough to blow my hat off 😂 ! reminds me of a young lad we have working with us this week ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 On 01/03/2019 at 21:16, ditchman said: seen it loads of times in the garden....usually on hot sunny days //......i think they do it to get rid of lice or beasties....the bugs dont like UV sunlight...... that is what i believe anyway.. seen black birds do it as well...and when they do it they gape at the same time... Have noticed this, I think they were using an ant bath for parasites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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