Something going on in Yorkshire…

Ok so whilst everyone is occupied by the current affairs and politics and the World Cup there is a rebellion happening right underneath our noses and nobody has noticed. For a while now maybe a year iv been noticing that birds and pigeons have started to take over the roads.

They have refused to move or fly away when my car approaches unless I horn.

And iv noticed birds small and large (magpies) havestarted to play chicken with my car.
So as I’m driving they swoop in front of my car from one side of the road to the other but they are getting closer and closer and yesterday I nearly hit a magpie.

The other day a pigeon just decided to sit.
It sat down.
I had to get out of the car. It watched me approach and decided it wasn’t in the mood for small talk and moved over to the grassy verge.

Is this just me

Pigeons, crows magpies and all kinds of birdies testing our boundaries and nobody has noticed.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

I get seagulls and pigeons flocking onto my roof and it's not funny because of their lack of toilet training. I think as we humans have increasingly encroached on natural habitats, the creatures that don't die off will adapt to living with us. That includes trying to snatch carrion off the roads in between traffic.

Yorkshire folk are proud of their stubborn persistence, so it shouldn't be surprising if the birds are equally so. 😄

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@FreddieUK I used to find the song of the blackbird beautiful. But after three months being woken by continuous dawn chorus my reaction is now "Can't you just stop thinking about sex for one day?" 😬

The pigeons seem to be rolling about on our kitchen roof.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@SunshineGirl They only think about it in the Spring and Summer...which is why they fly half way around the world, so that it's always Spring or Summer. 😄