We arrived home from church yesterday to find a herd of cows in our meadow and two dead kingfishers on our front porch. I can't imagine a scenario that would result in both live cows and dead kingfishers trespassing on our property, but if you can, please share.
I suspect that the kingfishers expired while trying to fly through our big front window, while the cows wandered over from the neighbors' meadow across the way. Getting rid of the kingfishers was simple enough, but getting the cows back home proved challenging. The neighbors were at the county fair all day, so it took us a while to find someone willing and able to round up the cows and lead them up the road and back home. I suppose they could have hung out in our meadow all afternoon, but we were on our way to a wedding and worried that the cows might get into our garden or wander out into the road and become ground beef. Stay home to babysit the cows or take them with us to the wedding? Even with an extra car at hand, we wouldn't have had enough seatbelts for all those cows.
The interlopers were removed. No cows attended the wedding. A good time was had by all. Except the kingfishers. By now they are the featured guests at a diet of worms.
[Hat tip to DR for the bad pun.]
3 comments:
Hi Bev-- check this out for the bird/window problem -- www.windowalert.com. I've seen spiderweb ones before and they are supposed to work really well. I have this problem in the winter and will try it then. ~ Laura
Thanks! We occasionally have small birds slam into the window, but this is the first time we've had anything this big. I've tried just letting the window get really dirty, but then it's hard to see out!
See, if they'd been steers, you'd have known how to get them back home--encourage forward motion, with shouting and arm waving and so on, then simply...steer. Why else would they have this weird name?
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