Birds & Grooming

[biker girl]

we just recently moved into our home in the Barossa Valley and it hasn't taken long for the resident sparrows to figure out that they are on to a good thing with having 3 sheppies in the backyard.........

It's only a few minutes after I have groomed all three, that the little birds fly down to pick up the left over hair!

Even when the dogs are outside relaxing, the little birds are hopping around picking up bits of fur from the bedding.

It's a matter of time till they start plucking the fur right out of the sheppies coats

[Salukifan]

Have you spotted any fluffy nests yet?

[Daisys Mum]

When my housemate had a Sibe we would purposely leave clumps of fur in the front and backyards and the birds loved it... I don't think they ever plucked fur from the dog though :)

[Bjelkier]

The local birds love it when I groom the Samoyeds.

I watched a Magpie once collect the stray fur for its nest. They must have been some very warm chicks :laugh:

[dotdashdot]

When I lived at the Porpoise Pool, we had willy wagtails (also called Magpie Larks I believe?) collect the emu feathers, they use spider webs as well but emu feathers were much prized materials! (if you haven't seen an emu feather, it's like a big V).

At mum and dad's house now I have no doubt that there is black Labrador hair in their nests, but it's probably not there on purpose. I swear that hair grows legs and gets into everything!