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News from Scotland: 3000 Chickens Escape During Truck Crash
Why did 3000 chickens cross the road? Because the lorry they were in crashed on one of Scotland’s busiest motorways, that’s why.Thousands of runaway chickens brought traffic to a standstill after a transporter lorry crashed on a busy road near Glasgow.
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from the Daily Mail:
How the early bird snatches the worm
Last updated at 20:24pm on 21st February 2007
Bird lover Dennis Bright has become a real life Dr Doolittle by taming this plucky Robin so it dares to land on his chin - and eat a worm from his mouth.
Dennis, who has been a wildlife photographer for 20 years, says Robins are naturally tame birds and can be tempted by a free feed of mealworm.
And he says he even talks to the birds and lets them fly around his house so they can get used to him.
He said: “Taming a Robin is actually quite simple - anyone can do it. The secret is that they will sell their soul for a mealworm!
“And talking to them really helps too - I use simple, common phrases like, ‘come on cheeky’. This particular Robin has been in my garden for four years. He comes into my house during the day and never flies away when I feed him.
“He even sits on my hand and sings.” [Link]
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Dusty, a Congo African Grey parrot, escaped from his home in Michigan in September 2006. He turned up in Las Vegas seven months later!!
(Yeah, yeah, I’m two months late posting this.)
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Check out this BBC story about a cockatoo who became attached to a “nest” of Cadbury chocolate eggs (by coincidence, my favorite Easter candy).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/6541785.stm
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How many budgies have been declared “Young Cross-Stitcher of the Year”? At least one!
Spike the budgie is a clever little sew and sew — she can do STITCHING.
And the three-year-old bird is so darn good she has been voted Young Cross-Stitcher of the Year.
Spike spent months watching her owner Sandra Battye creating patterns before picking up a needle in her beak herself.
They are now birds of a feather and work on tweed and other fabrics together.
Sandra, 31, who nursed Spike back to health after a food allergy almost killed her, said: “She would sit on my shoulder and watch me for hours.
“One day I just sat and didn’t stitch. It seemed to frustrate her. Then suddenly she picked up the needle in her beak and began cross-stitching herself. I was staggered. Now I can’t stop her.”
