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| (photograph courtesy of www.naturephoto-ca.com) |
Noting that the bird feeder was empty I thought I’d better get out there
and give the birds their daily bread rations. The tube, as shown in the picture (minus the chaffinch) was totally devoid of seed. Why? Because the mouse was inside the tube, upside down, scoffing every
last grain, and believe me he did have the last grain. And there was
I, without camera.
He might have been the cutest field mouse I’ve ever seen but
I still told him off, words like get out of there, you stupid mouse. At least,
I think that’s what I said. Hearing that I was ever so slightly annoyed, Mr Mouse
decided to make a run for it ... up the slithery tube, right to the top, whereupon
he jumped to the ground, a drop of more than six feet. And there was I,
without camera. Can you credit it?
I know the mouse has been eating seed but he did that whilst
sedately sitting on the rim of the feeding hole and he always cleared off when
a bird flew in. Mr M must have been pretty desperate to go right inside the
tube.
Memo to self. Remember to take camera when filling bird
feeders.
