BLACKBIRDS
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Oh that's good to know, Jacksparrow, er ... sort of
I put some suet pellets right in front of him as I could see he hadn't been at the snow covered ground table but he didn't take one. I put some on the wall near him too.
This morning he was either chasing off or chasing after a Mrs Blackbird so I was glad about that
He was also doing that sort of cheeping like a fledgling wanting to be fed
I put some suet pellets right in front of him as I could see he hadn't been at the snow covered ground table but he didn't take one. I put some on the wall near him too.
This morning he was either chasing off or chasing after a Mrs Blackbird so I was glad about that
He was also doing that sort of cheeping like a fledgling wanting to be fed
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That sort of 'cheeping' I sometimes hear too. I reckon it means 'I see no threat'. When one of my blackies is in the pyrawotsit and I approach with food then there it is ..... tuk tuk tuk.
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Our Blackbirds 'demand' their currants! My wife usually puts them out and the birds will come within a few feet of her. I put some out this morning and they waited till I was walking back in before they came. We have 8 male and 2 female regulars this year. Last year we had 20 !
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I was watching my Blackbirds today and was struck by the variety of plumage colours the females have. I have one whose back colours are the same brown as a Thrush and one that is nearly as black as the males. Then there are other shades of brown in between. There clearly is a fault in quality control at the female Blackbird production plant.
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My blackbird was up in one of the damson trees this morning, probably peering through the darkness at what I was doing.
I went and got the kettles for the bird baths last as it would be getting a bit light by then and he was still up in the tree.
I thought to myself I'd turn round when I got to the end of the garden and see if he was still there.
Well I didn't have to as when I'd picked the other kettle up off the step by the gate he was there on the sundial as I walked past - frightened the life out of me for some reason
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When I was in the garden this morning a blackbird kept looking up at a feeder filled with suet pellets. I think he was waiting for some to tumble out as that's what's been happening these past two days when the feeder's been buffeted in the wind.
As I didn't have any more with me I took some out of another hanging feeder near me and threw them in his direction. He fluttered away but probably came back when I was gone.
Obviously didn't fancy the ones in a ground feeder
As I didn't have any more with me I took some out of another hanging feeder near me and threw them in his direction. He fluttered away but probably came back when I was gone.
Obviously didn't fancy the ones in a ground feeder
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The bottom suet block feeder on my feeding station is about three feet from the ground. A female Blackie stands under the block and launches herself vertically upwards about twelve times. Each time she pecks at the suet block getting some food.
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A couple of years ago I had a Blackbird that attempted to feed from the hanging seed feeder. He managed to cling on and get some food but looked very ungainly