先日私が庭で草むしりをしていると、突然むくどりが急降下して私の頭に攻撃を加えました
かなりびっくりしましたが、とくに怪我はありませんでした
しかしその後も私とタイガーに対して同様の攻撃を加えるようになり、たまりかねて戦いを決意しました
その相手は我が家の軒下に巣を構えているむくどりで、以前に雛が巣から落ちて飛べなくなっているのを、隣の猫から守ってやったにもかかわらず、恩知らずなヤツです
まず巣の出入り口を確認すると、トタンの屋根と軒の間に隙間があり、そこから天井裏へ入り込んでいるようです
ハシゴをかけてその出入り口に古い網戸の金網を詰め込んで、しばらくカメラを据えて観察したところ、まったく出入りができなくなったことが確認できました
これで彼らも諦めると思ったのですが、困ったことが発覚
実は巣の中に雛が2羽いたようです
寝室でPCに向かって写真の整理をしていると、天井裏でねずみのような足音が聞こえます
さらに注意して聞くと、ねずみではなく鳥がピョンピョンと跳ねながら歩いているようで、しかも足音は2箇所から同時に聞こえます
この感じだと巣立ちが近いかなり大きな雛のようです
約８ｍ離れた天井の点検口を少し開けて光を入れてみましたが、外が明るいのでそこに近寄ってくる気配はありません
しばらくすると、足音が出入り口のあった方向に集中して、何やら作業をしているような音が聞こえます
おそらく詰め込んだ金網を撤去しようとしているに違いありませんが、そう簡単に外せるとは思えません
外からはエサをくわえた親鳥が、金網越しにエサをやろうとしますが、外からのアプローチは完全に遮断されたためできません
雛鳥にエサを与えられない情況が数日続くと、おそらく死んでしまうでしょう
しかしそれは本意ではないので、これからどうするか思案中です
これが敵の大将 これが敵陣
金網を詰めて 入れない
A few days ago when I weeded the garden suddenly a bird attacked to my head and flied away.
I was so much surprised but fortunately getting no injury.
However after that two starlings often had attacked to not only myself but also Tiger.
I was unable to contain my patience and decided to start the war to keep our safe.
The enemy is the starlings, which have built the nest under the roof of my house.
They were that I had saved their chick dropped from the nest and couldn’t fly from the cat a few month ago.
How ingrate they are!
The first I checked the entrance of their nest and it was between the roof and the house wall and they entered to the space between the roof and the ceiling.
I put a rudder to the house wall and put the metal mosquito net into the entrance space.
I watched for a while with long lens camera and made sure that they were not able to enter any more.
I believed that they will give up to use this nest but the unexpected trouble had happened.
In fact there must be two chicks in the nest.
When I checked the photos at the front of the PC in the bedroom I heard the strange sound like a mouse steps from the ceiling.
I listened with further attention it sounded like the bird skipping around and from not only one place but also another place simultaneously.
It seemed they were grown up chicks just before leaving the nest.
Openning the ceiling boad to light but outside is much more light they didn't come.
After a while the step sounds concentrated in the closed entrance and it was like something work.
They must try to remove the mosquito net but it was not so easy to do.
From the outside the bird parents were trying to give foods to the chicks but they couldn’t because completely shut out.
If this situation continues for several days the chicks will be die.
However it is not my true intention and I’m considering how to do it.
かなりびっくりしましたが、とくに怪我はありませんでした
しかしその後も私とタイガーに対して同様の攻撃を加えるようになり、たまりかねて戦いを決意しました
その相手は我が家の軒下に巣を構えているむくどりで、以前に雛が巣から落ちて飛べなくなっているのを、隣の猫から守ってやったにもかかわらず、恩知らずなヤツです
まず巣の出入り口を確認すると、トタンの屋根と軒の間に隙間があり、そこから天井裏へ入り込んでいるようです
ハシゴをかけてその出入り口に古い網戸の金網を詰め込んで、しばらくカメラを据えて観察したところ、まったく出入りができなくなったことが確認できました
これで彼らも諦めると思ったのですが、困ったことが発覚
実は巣の中に雛が2羽いたようです
寝室でPCに向かって写真の整理をしていると、天井裏でねずみのような足音が聞こえます
さらに注意して聞くと、ねずみではなく鳥がピョンピョンと跳ねながら歩いているようで、しかも足音は2箇所から同時に聞こえます
この感じだと巣立ちが近いかなり大きな雛のようです
約８ｍ離れた天井の点検口を少し開けて光を入れてみましたが、外が明るいのでそこに近寄ってくる気配はありません
しばらくすると、足音が出入り口のあった方向に集中して、何やら作業をしているような音が聞こえます
おそらく詰め込んだ金網を撤去しようとしているに違いありませんが、そう簡単に外せるとは思えません
外からはエサをくわえた親鳥が、金網越しにエサをやろうとしますが、外からのアプローチは完全に遮断されたためできません
雛鳥にエサを与えられない情況が数日続くと、おそらく死んでしまうでしょう
しかしそれは本意ではないので、これからどうするか思案中です
これが敵の大将 これが敵陣
金網を詰めて 入れない
A few days ago when I weeded the garden suddenly a bird attacked to my head and flied away.
I was so much surprised but fortunately getting no injury.
However after that two starlings often had attacked to not only myself but also Tiger.
I was unable to contain my patience and decided to start the war to keep our safe.
The enemy is the starlings, which have built the nest under the roof of my house.
They were that I had saved their chick dropped from the nest and couldn’t fly from the cat a few month ago.
How ingrate they are!
The first I checked the entrance of their nest and it was between the roof and the house wall and they entered to the space between the roof and the ceiling.
I put a rudder to the house wall and put the metal mosquito net into the entrance space.
I watched for a while with long lens camera and made sure that they were not able to enter any more.
I believed that they will give up to use this nest but the unexpected trouble had happened.
In fact there must be two chicks in the nest.
When I checked the photos at the front of the PC in the bedroom I heard the strange sound like a mouse steps from the ceiling.
I listened with further attention it sounded like the bird skipping around and from not only one place but also another place simultaneously.
It seemed they were grown up chicks just before leaving the nest.
Openning the ceiling boad to light but outside is much more light they didn't come.
After a while the step sounds concentrated in the closed entrance and it was like something work.
They must try to remove the mosquito net but it was not so easy to do.
From the outside the bird parents were trying to give foods to the chicks but they couldn’t because completely shut out.
If this situation continues for several days the chicks will be die.
However it is not my true intention and I’m considering how to do it.