Ah, the long weekend, yes a time to sleep in, relax, and just hang around. Well that’s what our neighbourhood thought at least. Our first wakeup call was at a brutal 5:00 am on the holiday morning.
We were all jarred out of a sound sleep by a booming blast that sounded like a stick of dynamite blowing up outside of our bedroom window, which it was.
The sky was filled with a cacophony of cawing, and clucking, and screeching noises from the masses of sea gulls, and crows that had been flying around since the sun rose at a unearthly hour.
We later found out that yes, they actually used dynamite on top of the transformers topping the power lines, in order to discourage the birds from landing on them and blowing them up. Trouble was, the birds didn’t learn quickly.
Our, “life by the sea,” has masses of noisy gulls constantly circling, and it’s not very romantic to clean up the bird’s droppings that polka dot our patio constantly.
I was ever so unhappily washing down our deck later when I heard another enormous boom, crack! And just as I looked up I saw a huge cloud of transparent vapours, and a glowing fireball between swinging wires. Another poor bird down, another lesson not learnt.
Suddenly it started to rain. Or so I thought.
No a passing seagull had hit it’s mark.
Me.
Ah, yes, life by the sea. Perfection.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
Good stuff ... great photos, Jen! (Love those purple pea pods)
ReplyDeleteThey say it is good luck to be pooped on by a bird.....I wonder if that is true. Go buy a lottery ticket Jen!
ReplyDeleteMy husband shoot bottle rockets in the air to scare the crows from roosting in our pine trees. If it's true that it's good luck to get pooped or peed on by a bird you and I both need to buy lottery tickets! Happened to me last week.
ReplyDeleteLuv the new header photo's on our blog! I can share in some of your bird cleaning woes. All of those cute sparrows, goldfinches and grossbeaks that I am keeping well fed, repay me by decorating my car with love. daily.
ReplyDeleteOh dear. That's not nice at all. I guess I never realized what a nuisance seagulls could be. I love to hear them when I'm near the shoreline but never thought about the messes they create. We have a group of big ol' crows hanging around here all summer and they are annoying at sunrise with their cawwing plus they scare little birds away. Gotta love nature and all it has to offer! :-)
ReplyDeleteI do like your new header. What a way to wake up.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was a wakeup call, LOL. But I just went back to sleep. The one that I saw happening actually bothered me more.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, noisy and messy as the seagulls are, trust me noisy all day all night long around here, they do add atmosphere to this area. Lots of it.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
Love your header!
ReplyDeleteI got pooped on this weekend, too. I'm told it's good luck, although I'm not entirely convinced of that.
That sounds like a horribly brutal and inhumane method of dealing with the seagull population. There's a guy whose job it is to fire off a rifle at the airport to scare birds away and keep them from landing on the runways and getting caught in the jet engines. I don't know if he actually shoots to kill or just to scare, but I hear it a lot.
Just another case of man interfering with nature. Nature always loses. *sigh*
Lived near the ocean when I was younger, my parents still do. The seagulls drive my mum crazy when she has the laundry hung out. As for the luck part..still waiting.
ReplyDeleteI have to second Carolynn's comment... your header is gorgeous!!! (meant to post that in yesterday's comment)
ReplyDeleteWhen we were first married, we lived in a town with lots of seagulls (the big white ones). Then we started noticing large piles of seagull feathers in our yard and other yards. Turns out a seagull-eating hawk flew into town. We even witnessed it with one of it's victims. Maybe you need to import one of those to your neighborhood. ;-)
Cindy at Rosehaven Cottage
Yes, poop is good luck so take a chance on something nice!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the new header!! :)
Yikes! That would be kind of shocking to someone who isn't used to it! You tell the story well.
ReplyDeleteSheesh! I don't think my nerves would be able to take such abuse. I suppose one would get used to it eventually. Poor birds.
ReplyDeleteThe things we never think about when we dream of living by the sea! Your view is fabulous though...so I still think it would be a dream come true! And you know in Italy that would be considered Good luck...what happened on your deck that wasn't rain! ; ) Thanks for your sweet compliment this morning! I'm feeling pretty special with so many nice comments! ♥
ReplyDeleteMuy bellas fotografías acompañadas de un buen relato.
ReplyDeleteMe agradó.
Un abrazo.
I like your new header ----some great looking pea's.
ReplyDeleteAh, life by the sea...a beautiful dream I have. Stunning photography.
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