Had good rain during the night and it's mostly cloudy, mild, and trying to spit again now.

That is a hard case pigeon, Andy.
No, you can't race her, if she gets lost you will be in big trouble.

I was sad to hear that Rod Marsh had passed away, he was a great cricketer and a leader and mentor. He was very ill after a massive heart attack. He will be sadly missed. When I heard that Warnie was gone, I was stunned. Just like that. Only 52. He was a larrikin and a character, but he was a legend...

Sorry to hear you are not well, George.
You take care and I hope you get well soon.

Good to hear you have had the birds vaccinated Andy, I'm hoping to get mine done next Sunday, they should all have laid by then. Most of the birds bred in my loft are fine as I am constantly in and out of their nest boxes when they are babies and do like handle them as much as I can, however since ...

We are all the same like that, we keep too many pigeons and breed too many off pairs that we really shouldn't.
I always end up with nest bowls in all the corners, behind the middle door....
Too soft, that's my problem.

When I was doing that post, this picture came up, of Flynn, who is a floofy cat.
Since it was there, you get to enjoy it too.

I have a bale of nice clean straw in a barrel, I put a generous amount in a bowl when I put it in a box. This makes me feel like I am doing the right thing. :) It is in fact, useless. There is a big gum tree hanging over our back fence. This is what the pigeons gather for their nests. Gum leaves. 00...

That's what you want to see.

This might seem like a strange thing to say, but i didn't know if mine are wild or not. I very seldom handle them but they seem unperturbed by my presence, and will walk into the loft over my shoes if I am standing in the way. So today I did a small experiment. After the birds had had their free tim...