Hen Blackbird?

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Posted by Dave Hill on March 3, 2010, 2:24 pm
 
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I was over at a neighbours this afternoon and we were watching a bird
from his kitchen window as it cleared some bread crumbs.
The size of a blackbird, Dun coloured. with so sign of any speckeling.
It had a lighter bib.
Legs and beak matched the body colour.
It was being ignored by a couple of Male blackbirds who were also
feeding.
Any ideas?
David Hill


Posted by Gopher on March 3, 2010, 5:49 pm
 

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Sounds 99.9/% like Ms Blackbird w/out her "pzazz magnet". There are all
kinds of blackbird variations out there but the species is still the
same. May I suggest you consider posting this to uk.rec.birdwatching
where a cadre of well informed avian specialists should rush to express
equally well informed opinions :-)))


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Posted by Sacha on March 4, 2010, 4:47 am
 



I thought perhaps it was a Mrs Blackbird who'd already mated so isn't
sending out lures!
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Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon


Posted by Gopher on March 4, 2010, 10:11 am
 

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.... or maybe the two males were already "fixed up". On second thoughts
- that really doesn't explain their behaviour :-))

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Posted by Sacha on March 4, 2010, 11:26 am
 



We had no less than 5 males involved in a very undignified and noisy
fight in the big greenhouse today.  The noise was really startling and
just exploded out of nowhere.  They went chasing each other like a
group of thugs, in and out of rows of plants and pots of climbers and
pelargoniums, before they dispersed, some escaping through the vents in
the roof.  I imagine that having all congregated for foodon the tea
room lawn during the snow, each thinks the surroundings are 'his' area.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon


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