cernem1alt
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pubic enemy number 1 is backAs we aproach spring and the flowers begin to come out and the lambs are skipping in the fields ahhh how sweet.....
they are back the sporn of the devil the plague of Bridport
the Shi***hawks yep seaulls roosting on the roof getting ready to sporn more of there screeching flying vermin.
If only Hugh Fernly flippen Whittingstall could get out of his river cottage and find a recipie for them perhaps calling it "West Bay Chicken" but then he dont do chickens!!
Grunt 
Mike
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johnreid
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I noticed them here too, they are near a BIG river near here, they do decorate the paint on cars and sometimes provide "hair tonic" 
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MTA
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We get the odd seagull here (only 6 miles, if that, from the sea). Hardly any pigeons though 
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Les
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| MTA wrote: | | We get the odd seagull here (only 6 miles, if that, from the sea). Hardly any pigeons though |
We have both. 
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IndianaRog
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A "Pubic" enemy is nothing to take lightly...but I understand there are effective creams and lotions that take care of the problem 
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toxx
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... a true plague they may be, lads. Here in Vienna, pidgeons are called "fliegende Ratten".
Occasionally, you see some seagulls fly into town from the big river Danube. Their cold eyes and seemingly heartless "caw! caw!" touch you to the bone.
Oh, yes, do they do damage to our cars with their excrement. Poor us. Our cars. Makes me cry.
They've been here a lot longer than we. It is their planet we have the luck to share with them. They do not destroy, we do.
God's creatures, lads.
Just like us.
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Reid
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Buzzards are my favorite seasonal.
They flock to downtown Miami and roost atop the Miami Dade Courthouse's 25 story-high stepped roof.
True. That's where they hang out, where the lawyers are.
Or they like that one old skyscraper's roof because its like a stepped pyramid.
It's sort of funny though and symbolic, an old Miami topic for remark:
The buzzards are back again
"Really? I never knew they'd left."
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tmuir
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Our big pest is only a few months away from rising in plague proportions again.
It's the Portuguese millipede .
Looks harmless enough I know but the first year I moved into my house we were on the front of the millipede march and during our first winter when it was raining twice a night I took a broom to our roof (No easy feat as its about 20 feet high) and each time I would collect about half what is in this bucket.
Thankfully we are no longer on the front of the millipede march and with annual spraying for insects we are now limited to about 20 a night during rainy nights in winter
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James
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| toxx wrote: | ... a true plague they may be, lads. Here in Vienna, pidgeons are called "fliegende Ratten".
Occasionally, you see some seagulls fly into town from the big river Danube. Their cold eyes and seemingly heartless "caw! caw!" touch you to the bone.
Oh, yes, do they damage to our cars with their excrement. Poor us. Our cars. Makes me cry.
They've been here a lot longer than we. It is their planet we have the luck to share with them. They do not destroy, we do.
God's creatures, lads.
Just like us. |
Aye Tom!!!
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toxx
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Cheers, mate!
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kusuchi
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Our local pest
The green iguana, mistakenly still on the endangered species list. Up to four feet long and now very prolific. Still, the tourists like them.
We also have Mongooses. They were introduced in the 1800's to control rats. Good idea, and would have worked well, except rats are nocturnal and Mongooses diurnal. OOPs 
Never have been any snakes.
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kusuchi
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| tmuir wrote: | Our big pest is only a few months away from rising in plague proportions again.
It's the Portuguese millipede .
Looks harmless enough I know but the first year I moved into my house we were on the front of the millipede march and during our first winter when it was raining twice a night I took a broom to our roof (No easy feat as its about 20 feet high) and each time I would collect about half what is in this bucket.
Thankfully we are no longer on the front of the millipede march and with annual spraying for insects we are now limited to about 20 a night during rainy nights in winter |
Yuck. Don't much care for those, Tony
Quite a pubic infestation 
Seriously, our worst pest is the ubiquitous Mosquito.
We do have a large millipede, locally known as a Gongolo, which spits!
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Wallace
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| IndianaRog wrote: | | A "Pubic" enemy is nothing to take lightly...but I understand there are effective creams and lotions that take care of the problem |
Unfortunately no creams or lotions will take care of pests in this town. They are known as tourists.
They are a funny breed. Hang in large packs, wandering mindlessly on roads and in shops. Totally oblivious to the fact life for locals has to go on.
Then in an odd twist, they go home, and write a letter to the local paper saying how they will never come back due to the congestion on the roads, and lack of parking at the local mall.
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kusuchi
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Now let's not get me started. In season the populaton of St Thomas can almost double on any given day.
But they are the life blood of the economy.
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Reid
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| James wrote: | | toxx wrote: | ... a true plague they may be, lads. Here in Vienna, pidgeons are called "fliegende Ratten".
Occasionally, you see some seagulls fly into town from the big river Danube. Their cold eyes and seemingly heartless "caw! caw!" touch you to the bone.
Oh, yes, do they damage to our cars with their excrement. Poor us. Our cars. Makes me cry.
They've been here a lot longer than we. It is their planet we have the luck to share with them. They do not destroy, we do.
God's creatures, lads.
Just like us. |
Aye Tom!!! |
So true! And so good of you James to also protect
and upstand for the innocent foot rot bacterium too. One logic leads to another, ha ha.
Tony, in the past ten years we've gained a population of those millipedes too--look identical to yours.
Not in plague numbers, but dozens will come into a poorly sealed house here every night,
the end up dead anywhere inside the house and go crunch under bare feet in the dark.
Since we replaced all our old wooden doors with water and vermin-proof hurricane doors, the millipedes have become nearly defeated.
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