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17-03-2012, 05:10 PM
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Was wondering if anyone has had birds trying to peck at their paint work?
I saw one poking its dirty beak into the bottom of the side skirts. Not happy at all ;c |
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17-03-2012, 05:15 PM
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i have seen the little Murray Magpies pecking and trying to attack their refections in side mirrors before.
yesterday a Top Notch Pidgeon tried to attack/take on my Territory's bullbar, bang thump, he lost, feathers went everywhere, then the carcass rolled off to the side of the road...
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17-03-2012, 05:17 PM
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i have seen some people on here having bush turkeys making nests on their bonnets and scratching it to bits.
Might have to have an early Christmas if that happened to me i think!
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17-03-2012, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Yalgoo goldfields WA
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I have one trying to mate with my ute daily. Only a small willy wagtail? but, so I dont think it is doing any damage. Damn funny to watch
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17-03-2012, 05:39 PM
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hahah Willy Wagtail mating with a Falcon. I can see the confusion.
Could make an interesting bird!
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17-03-2012, 05:55 PM
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I had a little bird do that a week after a respray, it would headbutt the doors, and climb up and down the A pillars. Ended up finely scratching the car, and had to get it professionally cut and polished. Could've killed that bird, and tried to.
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17-03-2012, 07:59 PM
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Yea nothing worse ...Lol...
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17-03-2012, 08:06 PM
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We have those little Noisy Minors around our area and there is this one particular bastard of a bird that has a habit of sitting on the edge of the front of the roof of my EL Fairmont wagon and crapping down the windscreen.
One of these days I hope to catch him and I'll make sure he never does it again.
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17-03-2012, 09:59 PM
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Many of the small birds under your car are looking for food like spiders and squashed bugs. Nothing to really worry about. At work I once had a crow attack the whole circumference of my car BA to a height of 30cm because it could see it's reflection and was being teritorial. I had to have the bottom half of the car buffed and detailed to remove the marks. It must have been there for hours. Unfortunately for it it was the last time it did it.
Benny.
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17-03-2012, 10:46 PM
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17-03-2012, 11:17 PM
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Have seen a huntsman spider feed on all the bugs on the front of my car a while back....another good reason to keep the car clean!
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18-03-2012, 12:01 AM
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i have no idea but willy wagtails love my car and the colour shockwave. if only i could buy an electronic stun alarm system for any spanner that had to touch my car, bird or human.
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18-03-2012, 12:06 AM
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Fit a bonnet scoop. Revenge!
 I have a similar problem with cats, claw marks all over my roof. |
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18-03-2012, 08:50 AM
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I have a 308 that's a good cat deterrant. Might wake the neighbours though.
Benny.
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18-03-2012, 09:27 AM
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The NZ Kea (alpine parrot) is a shocker for attacking cars...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMLpPoOeays |
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18-03-2012, 12:09 PM
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[QUOTE=MAGPIE]The NZ Kea (alpine parrot) is a shocker for attacking cars...
/QUOTE] When I was over there a few month's back .. Birds would nest in engine bays causing fires.. Even farm tractors catching fire !! $100, 000 up in flames.. Couldn't work out why so many had there cars bonnets up ??? Birds DON'T nest where there's light... They couldn't all be broken down !! Lol.. Even in N.Z...
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18-03-2012, 06:50 PM
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its a laugh, and we always comment that hes going to suck something up for real one day. looks like you beat him too it! |
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18-03-2012, 07:02 PM
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Magpie season tends to bring out the worst bird behaviour. A few years back I once saw a magpie swoop for a kid walking home from school, which ending up missing the kid, then proceeded to fly straight into a passing van  The little bastard survived however.
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18-03-2012, 07:30 PM
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19-03-2012, 09:29 AM
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19-03-2012, 07:36 PM
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19-03-2012, 09:28 PM
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