"Hmmm, what do we have here?"
"I think I need a little closer look. Looks yummy. I definitely need a taste!"
"I think I'll just take this one, no one will notice."Maybe this is what happened to my big tomatoes!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Caught Red Handed or should I say, Red Beaked!
Earlier in the season I planted 14 tomato plants and 1 cherry tomato. The big tomato plants have produced nothing but the cherry produced wonderfully and is now like in it's second phase of production. But the other morning I looked out the window and saw a little thief.
"Hmmm, what do we have here?"
"I think I need a little closer look. Looks yummy. I definitely need a taste!"
"I think I'll just take this one, no one will notice."
Maybe this is what happened to my big tomatoes!
"Hmmm, what do we have here?""I think I need a little closer look. Looks yummy. I definitely need a taste!""I think I'll just take this one, no one will notice."Maybe this is what happened to my big tomatoes!
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Well well well.....sneaky little thing!
That's what happened to my strawberries, so far they have left my tomatoes alone.
Nice capture of the thief! My Cherry tomatoes are loaded but, the regular ones are not. What gives?
Hi Susie, I'll bet that those birdies thought you had planted all of your tomatoes JUST for them.. Ya think?????
Hugs,
Betsy
Busted!!!
LOL, for we have all been there. I do believe the mountain quail ate all our strawberries until finally we netted one area; they still have access to a smaller section.
Nice capture of the 'thief'! Those tomatoes were just too tempting.
Caught red handed, but what to do? :)
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I had no idea birds would do this!! They don't bother my small tomatoes, maybe because they are yellow?
Great pictures/story- Ha!
The squirrels ate our tomatoes. Actually, they ate the green ones, therefore we had only got two ripe ones this year. Maybe next year will be better.
I guess we've been lucky the birds never discovered our tomatoes. Hope he leaves a few for you!
Guess the birds enjoy their salads too. You just know they thank their Creator for providing humans to grow all the little extras they love to eat!
Well the birds have always left the tomatoes alone but they love to peck at the guavas! I've never 'captured' them like you did though. Very nice shots, Susie.
How frustrating!!!
Great photos, Susie; he would have a hard time arguing his innocence in court:) I'd like to see one carrying off a big tomato, though! I'm still waiting for mine to ripen, though I just spied a glimpse of red in the garden.
His cousin got every one of my strawberries;) Did he come back for the last one?
Marnie
And he/she probably didn't chirp out a thank you - did he/she?
Our large tomato plants aren't producing either! We're very dissapointed to only be getting a few cherry & roma tomatoes.
Marnie, I reckon he did. I have a few more on the vine that have yet to turn. Hopefully I will be able to save those.
Deedee-no thank you at all.
Love all your pics here...but also excited about learning you too are living in FarmVille*! We need to become friends AND neighbors*! There's an empty farm right next door to mine. ((SMILE)) _Ashley*
HA! Looks like irrefutable evidence to me! :D Great pictures, Susie!
susie, i have heard tell that the birds do this to get the moisture inside...do you have plenty of water around your tomatoes?
the tomatoes here have suffered with all the rain...we planted so many that we have plenty.
happy days of august.
I bet he was hoping you'd blame the squirrels. ha!
hay hay, Growing tomatoes is one of my favorite things! Mine actually did great early on, boocoo , even gave bunches away, now they are pitifully overgrown with weeds and maybe one ever now and then.. ALTHOUGh my big dog MILAMONSTER seemed to think it was a tennisball bush at first and wanted to get them!! LOL
L.
the best is yet to come!!!
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