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#177691 - 06/23/08 06:01 PM
Blackbird fly !
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BranShea
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Last word about birds. Summer now and ever since springfling the blackbird couple has chartered me for a ' feed the family ' program. They beg loudly for bread and peanut butter, a shovel of worm containing rubbish, an apple or strawberry. Mostly 4 times a day they come and urge me on for scraps.They enter the kitchen and have quickly learned not to leave in flight, but walk out safe and quietly. Only once I had to pluck the both of them from the upper window-glass. The young ones are now well able to fly and eat by themselves but they still chirp for service like babies. High time to give them a little backpack and send them on a cheap interterritorial flight. ( I'll miss them but....) I took countless pictures. The parents have lost all shyness. The young have been told to hide. So there's just one to show, half hidden on the fence. The family: The dad The dude The dame The Blackbird, Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, The young are fed by the parents for up to three weeks after leaving the nest, and will follow the adults begging for food. If the female starts another nest, the male alone will feed the fledged young. Second broods are common, with the female reusing the same nest if the brood was successful, and three broods may be raised in the south of the Blackbird's range.
Last edited by BranShea; 06/23/08 06:09 PM.
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#177694 - 06/23/08 06:31 PM
Re: Blackbird fly !
[Re: BranShea]
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zmjezhd
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Nice photos. What we call blackbirds on the Left Coast are really starlings and red-winged blackbirds. I was surprised at the blackbirds (Amsel) when I lived in Germany. They're bigger and rougher looking. Latin turdus is cognate with English thrush and German Drossel. There's also the Jackdaw which in Czech is kavka whence the author's name Kafka.
[Edited to clear up my muddled meaning.]
Last edited by zmjezhd; 06/24/08 12:37 PM.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#177707 - 06/23/08 11:46 PM
Re: Blackbird fly !
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The Pook
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old hand
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...somehow I doubt it... The Blackbird, Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, It's also in Tasmania, where it is an exotic pest. It was introduced to Australia in 1863. They are especially annoying to vintners, who have developed measures such as timer activated cannons to scare them away from the grapes. We have them in our garden. They eat our raspberries.
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#177717 - 06/24/08 03:15 AM
Re: Blackbird fly !
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tsuwm
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I once (and only once) espied a migrating flock of yellow-headed blackbirds, whilst walking along a marsh in a suburban nature center -- quite amazing!
Last edited by tsuwm; 06/24/08 11:53 AM. Reason: hiking, not awakening
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#177734 - 06/24/08 03:36 PM
Re: Blackbird fly !
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Here we call Starlings rats on wings. grackles be like that. take over a feeder they do.
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