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Re: BLACKBIRDS
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:28 pm
by Jacksparrow
Amazing footage.

I would be interested to know if it managed to eat it's catch as the Stickleback's name suggests they are prickly customers.
I saw one of my Blackbirds catch a fully grown Common Newt and often seen them getting tadpoles.
P.S. I rescued the newt because the bird had absolutely no chance of the making a meal of it.

Re: BLACKBIRDS
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:30 pm
by Jacksparrow
I have still only seen one blackbird chick although I still think there is a second one somewhere.
The one has been playing hide and seek with it's Dad but so far unsuccessfully.
IMGP4081 by
David Hands, on Flickr
Re: BLACKBIRDS
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:35 pm
by SnappyMac
Great photo Jack, we have not had one in the garden for a few years.
Re: BLACKBIRDS
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:37 pm
by Jacksparrow
SnappyMac wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:35 pm
Great photo Jack, we have not had one in the garden for a few years.
Thanks snappy. It finally came close enough for my old camera to cope.

Re: BLACKBIRDS
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:54 pm
by PimperneBloke
Nice one Jack.... And Mrs PB said awwww cute

Re: BLACKBIRDS
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:34 pm
by Jacksparrow
I have seen the same baby today along with it's dad beavering away to find food. The female flies in occasionally always going to the same place a few feet away from the nest site. Her charge seems a lot more sedentary and I've yet to spot it.