the mystery of the lid?

[Ken Gargett]

i get a heap of queries, endlessly, about the bottles on my balcony often seen in the vids. for those living under a rock and whom might be interested (a very small number i suspect), water from the rain runs off my roof and would hit the wooden railing. so i have an old esky there to catch it - not keen on it just sitting on the balcony and rotting the timber. and also, the tap on the balcony does not work. jammed long before i arrived. so i use this water to water all the plants. 

anyway, this morning i noticed that one had been knocked over and drained. even though i could see the cap was still on.

on investigation, something had had a serious go at the lid. stabbed right through it and must have also knocked it over. things are regularly knocked over on the balcony - usually by possums or possibly the occasional pythons. but no possum or python did this. to me, it has to be a bird. but to knock over the plastic bottle full of water, quite heavy, was something that only a large bird could do.

why attack this bottle? it was almost the only one with a bright orange lid so that might have triggered something. to get to the water? strange as we have had a truckload of rain of late and there is water everywhere. i can only think of a kookaburra - it has the beak to do this; a crow - i doubt it as they use my birdbath regularly so i can't think why; or a cockatoo. they have the beak and the intelligence to have a crack. could have pulled it over. but why? bizarre. 

any thoughts?

photos to come - if rob's forum lets me load them. 

 

[El Presidente]

Thoughts?

.......You will be in the nut house by the time you are 60. 

 

 

[Ken Gargett]

it did, apparently, allow me to post several times. this new system is not high on my list of best friends.

4 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Thoughts?

.......You will be in the nut house by the time you are 60. 

i meant thoughts from sane people.

perhaps if you spent the time fixing your forum instead of becoming the dave warner of cigars...

[Ken Gargett]

i give up trying to load pics. which rather stuffs up the post. fix your forum. 

[MoeFOH]

Birds? Hitchcockian madness could be imminent. While the water's up in that creek, Ken, put a hull under the house and sail off into the distance (or just down the road). 

[El Presidente]

1 minute ago, Ken Gargett said:

i give up trying to load pics. which rather stuffs up the post. fix your forum. 

...you do know that you are the only one with the issue...........

[Ken Gargett]

14 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

...you do know that you are the only one with the issue...........

so my fault i have always led the way? 

i would point out that i have only had this issue since you "fixed" things on my computer. 

[El Presidente]

Just now, Ken Gargett said:

so my fault i have always led the way? 

i would point out that i have only had this issue since you "fixed" things on my computer. 

You fibber you. You have raised the issue before. 

So exactly what is happening? 

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, El Presidente said:

You fibber you. You have raised the issue before. 

So exactly what is happening? 

yes but that was fixed. this is a new issue.

very simple. the machine/forum/current reigning divinity will not let me load any pics. no idea why. 

will try on another thread. 

[El Presidente]

What....does it say " Ken you are not allowed to load pics  you goose"

What I meant is ...what happens when you try?

Do you drop out?  Does t loop? Is there a message?

Try and be "technical light"

 

 

 

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, El Presidente said:

What....does it say " Ken you are not allowed to load pics  you goose"

What I meant is ...what happens when you try?

Do you drop out?  Does t loop? Is there a message?

Try and be "technical light"

 

 

 

my fault i responded to your exact query?

i will try again and get the specific wording. stand by. as if you had anything else to do...

[Ken Gargett]

i click on choose files. i then click on the pic i want and it goes to the section below for uploading images. it tries to upload. it gets part of the way and then says "There was a problem processing the uploaded file. -200"

[El Presidente]

1 minute ago, Ken Gargett said:

i click on choose files. i then click on the pic i want and it goes to the section below for uploading images. it tries to upload. it gets part of the way and then says "There was a problem processing the uploaded file. -200"

That is because the image file is too big.  

Reduce the image size to under 800 mega bytes.   You will be fine. 

if you don't know how to reduce your images let us know and someone on the forum will be able to help and point you in the right direction. I have to head off to the airport. 

 

Help him out fellas...It's not his fault 

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, El Presidente said:

That is because the image file is too big.  

Reduce the image size to under 800 mega bytes.   You will be fine. 

if you don't know how to reduce your images let us know and someone on the forum will be able to help and point you in the right direction. I have to head off to the airport. 

 

Help him out fellas...It's not his fault 

have a good flight. in fairness, i wondered that but as i  have loaded bigger images at times, i assumed not. i still blame the system!

[PapaDisco]

41 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

yes but that was fixed. this is a new issue.

very simple. the machine/forum/current reigning divinity will not let me load any pics. no idea why. 

will try on another thread. 

Isn't that called Responsible Moderating?  

[Fuzz]

1 hour ago, Ken Gargett said:

any thoughts?

Might have been a Bowerbird. Obviously not a Satin Bowerbird, but maybe a Great Bowerbird or Regent Bowerbird.

[Jeremy Festa]

If it's plastic is was a cockatoo

Loads around Brisbane at present

Might have been raining at the time and hanging out for it to clear

They get bored

And mess with things 

[planetary]

For those wondering, an esky is a cooler.  I had to look it up.

I'm delighted to finally have the mystery of the water bottles resolved!  From the horse's mouth itself, no less!

[Ken Gargett]

jeremy, i am pretty sure it was a cockatoo. just the sort of thing it would do. it was either overnight (a surprise) or more likely very early morning when they are active. 

fuzz, no. 

i suspect it was curious to know what was inside. 

[Ken Gargett]

took another. 

[planetary]

One cannot help but wonder how big a spider would have to be to do that.

[El Presidente]

possibly a snake milking itself? 

 

.....plane delayed. Just amusing myself. 

[Ken Gargett]

42 minutes ago, planetary said:

One cannot help but wonder how big a spider would have to be to do that.

shelob. 

[Ken Gargett]

31 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

possibly a snake milking itself? 

 

.....plane delayed. Just amusing myself. 

karma. 

[GWG]

Actually I think those are vent holes so the milk will pour freely.