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I know this may be boring to some, but watching my friendly thrush, that is now a blackbird, is so fascinating, she picked up the straw and am sure measured it in her beak, some is rubbish, some is good. Just thinking how long to build a nest, she is still working hard. hopefully tomorrow I will see her, hopefully the nest will be finished soon. She does seem to trust me, and likes to watch me digging, two lady workers together. Luckily, or not, we have loads of straw and grass on the allotment, and the birds are enjoying it. Good luck to them I say. Birds cannot go to Mothercare and buy a designer pram for loads of money, bless them.
The birds were busy in my garden too Love watching them at meal times. Some were taking the fluff from my angora bunny which I put out for them and the rest just tucking in.I saw 4 black birds all together yesterday - would that be a family? Usually black birds chase off any other blackbirds unless their own?
Watching birds is lovely. :)
Quote from: Silverleaf on April 14, 2015, 17:30:56Watching birds is lovely. :)I also love listening to their songs. I know our local blackbirds and thrushes by their melodies. Always nice to hear the same bird come back the following year. Also how they 'learn' new elements. We had a burglar alarm go off in the vicinity several times and the sound of this was incorporated into the local songthrushes repertoire, as well as the rather loud ring tone of a neighbour's phone when they are in their garden. There are family resemblances in their songs, but this year I was surprised by a songthrush who had none of the familiar melody elements - an entirely new song. Possibly not a relation of last year's birds, who had not come back perhaps?