Healthy Eating Sparrows

[carolyorkie2010]

Some weeks ago, I planted some small lettuce plants into tubs, making sure to place them out of reach of the snails. The lettuces were coming along nicely; then I looked out yesterday and saw a Sparrow and its babies in one of the tubs, tucking into the lettuce. And they were back for more today, bless them. Oh well, shop bought lettuce here I come, 🙂

[captainbovine]

they ate mine too!:O just as the little plants came up overnight they all disappeared!!!:^O

so now we're giving them one of their five a day then?:^O

[ilove2patch]

I had salad leaves one day & bare earth the next! Can I join the club? :^O

[cookiecookuk]

but i bet if you put lettuce leaves on the bird table they would think you had gone nuts and would not eat them.:-)

[**towery**]

thats why they grow them in cold frames or with a cloche over them  while they get big enough  🙂

[*elphaba*]

All my salad and greens crops I keep under net because of birds.   In fact, I pretty much net everything other than the onion family!

I love wildlife, but there are limits....

[carolyorkie2010]

I used to put mine in one of those plastic mini growhouses, but the snails always managed to get in and eat the lettuce.

[artisanone11]

Enjoy feeding your sparrows, they're far more useful than lettuce.:-D

[carolyorkie2010]

I think mine are getting 2 of their 5 a day, CB, as I also put any soft pears out for them, 🙂

[muffin21books]

All my salad crops are doing very well, but then I have Tufty on 'bird watch' 🙂

[captainbovine]

aawww will ya look at Tufty!! how cute is he? obviously not a vegetarian then:^O

[023mjc]

A few weeks ago I was walking round the garden and I heard very loud and persistent bird twittering. On investigation I found two blue tits hopping about and twittering at the top of thier voices, while at the same time pecking the flowers off my apple tree.

I walked right up to the tree and put my hand up in the branches but they just carried on regardless. They were not the least bit afraid.

I swear the little blighters were laughing at me.