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Mice and blue jays in the same post... Another "put your coffee down before reading further" story coming up!
I have quite a number of bluebird boxes, and have to go round each spring and remove any wood mouse nests put in over the winter. So, one spring my Lab and I were making the rounds. I had one box, stuffed full of leaves, that needed additional repairs, so I pulled it up and carried it the short distance to the house. When I pulled out the nest, it turned out to be occupied! The mouse tumbled out and skittered around my feet with the Lab in hot pursuit--including trying to follow the mouse up my pant leg! (Yeah, I *did* do a bit of a strathspey...)
Where are the blue jays in this story? Well, there was more than the mouse in that nest. There were a handful of little pink jelly-bean mice in there too. I hesitated over what to do with them, then put them on the bird feeder table. The blue jays thought that was a wonderful snack! (And the Lab, for the rest of her life, LOVED checking nest boxes, always hoping!)
Rhonda
STOP CORPORATE ABUSE--BAN ALL GMOs!
Mice and blue jays in the same post... Another "put your coffee down before reading further" story coming up!
I have quite a number of bluebird boxes, and have to go round each spring and remove any wood mouse nests put in over the winter. So, one spring my Lab and I were making the rounds. I had one box, stuffed full of leaves, that needed additional repairs, so I pulled it up and carried it the short distance to the house. When I pulled out the nest, it turned out to be occupied! The mouse tumbled out and skittered around my feet with the Lab in hot pursuit--including trying to follow the mouse up my pant leg! (Yeah, I *did* do a bit of a strathspey...)
Where are the blue jays in this story? Well, there was more than the mouse in that nest. There were a handful of little pink jelly-bean mice in there too. I hesitated over what to do with them, then put them on the bird feeder table. The blue jays thought that was a wonderful snack! (And the Lab, for the rest of her life, LOVED checking nest boxes, always hoping!)
Rhonda
STOP CORPORATE ABUSE--BAN ALL GMOs!
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