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[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Pick your own cherries event sees high bird attendance.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

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

They can pay with trinkets and shiny things.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

"That's the spirit!" - birds

[–] phuntis@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"keep widening the roads till traffic stops"

[–] Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In an ecosystem I think more roads might just work

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

Blackbirds? TIL the SR-71 can run off berries

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 months ago

Fuckass bird thinks he can eat my sweet cherries

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 12 points 11 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 11 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

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

Used to have a cherry tree, can relate

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Same, the birds would take most of them.

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

Mao, burning in hell: Same

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Birds are why the trees make the fruit anyway.

[–] fern@lemmy.autism.place 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly, bugs and mammals play their parts too!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] fern@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Truly a day that will be remembered.