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[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 56 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Pick your own cherries event sees high bird attendance.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"The rules don't say a bird can't be an attendee"

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

They can pay with trinkets and shiny things.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

If I was a high bird I would love a pick your own cherries event

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

They ate all my blueberries this year. I'm going to keep doubling the plants until there is enough left for me.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

"That's the spirit!" - birds

[–] phuntis@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"keep widening the roads till traffic stops"

[–] Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In an ecosystem I think more roads might just work

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

lol

Laura Jarman from the National Trust said the birds were "so cute, we don't mind too much"

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Blackbirds? TIL the SR-71 can run off berries

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago

If they're fermented I suppose it could! It probably could never run again, but maybe once lol

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

My dad is a pensioner now, and got put in a lovely bungalow by local housing association. It came with with a lovely garden, and he was really excited by the prospect of a cherry tree.

Well, the cherries are ready, and the birds ate the lot!

[–] doc_dish@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I used to have a cherry tree in my garden. I was sitting in the branches picking cherries, when I saw a blackbird (not an SR-71) sitting on the outer twigs eating cherries I couldn’t reach. He had a look in his eye that said “these are my cherries and there’s nothing you can do about it!”

Then a sparrowhawk took him out in front of me and ate him. That’ll teach him.

[–] sidekickplayah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

Fuckass bird thinks he can eat my sweet cherries

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s what I always thought about in zombie movies: birds would make short work of any zombie outbreak.

[–] Kampfkrapfen_Backup@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

What makes you think birds wouldn't still recognize moving zombies as a potential threat just like living humans or any other larger animal and just stay clear of them? Also, the possibility of zoonosis isn't all that far fetched either, resulting in zombie birds also spreading the plague

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Mao, burning in hell: Same

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Used to have a cherry tree, can relate

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Same, the birds would take most of them.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Birds are why the trees make the fruit anyway.

[–] fern@lemmy.autism.place 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly, bugs and mammals play their parts too!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'll give you mammals, but bugs are mostly shit at carrying seeds around.

[–] fern@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 3 months ago

Ah but the bugs polinate, which is why they're there!

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Truly a day that will be remembered.