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Comment on Eggs at breakfast by Michael Eliades

Michael Eliades — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:51:27 +0000

LOL.. i thought you will be telling me that you plan to steal the eggs and cook it for your breakfast. Nice to know that you are a nature lover and never plan to hurt Mrs. Blackbird.

Comment on Baby Birds by Pat

Pat — Thu, 31 May 2007 09:29:38 +0000

That’s awful! Fingers crossed that the remaining chicks will survive…

Comment on Baby Birds by Jay

Jay — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:48:59 +0000

:( Sad news, the magpie visited the nest and we lost two chicks, the other two left the nest and are being looked after by both parents on the ground.

Comment on The Heart Shaped Stone by Pat

Pat — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:18:47 +0000

It was so sweet when she found it, what a fantastic eye that child has. I should take her out thrifting with me :D

Comment on Baby Birds by Pat

Pat — Fri, 25 May 2007 07:05:06 +0000

Hello Jay, it’s lovely seeing them grow isn’t it? Judging with what happened to our lot, the smallest bird may remain a little longer in the nest in order to fatten up more, although if it really is a lot weaker, sadly it may not make it, as the parents will concentrate on the stronger chicks if they sense there is no hope. Fingers crossed that there is. Baby blackbirds leave the nest very young, at about 13 – 14 days before they have even learned to fly, and live in the undergrowth while their parents show them the ropes so if there are plenty of places to hide in your garden they should be fine, especially with a dog guarding them! We also have foxes and magpies – in fact magpies robbed our blackbirds on their second attempt and sadly they have not returned. Good luck with your brood and thank you for commenting! Let me know how they get on :)

Comment on Baby Birds by Jay

Jay — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:37:27 +0000

Came across this whilst looking for info on what age baby blackbirds leave their nest. We had blackbirds nesting every year outside our kitchen door but this year ……… nothing. Then we noticed a blackbird flying out of the climber over our garden shed and to our delight found that she had made a nest right up against one of the windows!! A perfect viewing gallery!! She laid 5 eggs and all hatched on Saturday 12th May, we went away on the 15th for one week and left all five doing well. When we returned on the 22nd there were only 4 chicks but they had grown so much,. I spent a lovely hour in the shed 6.15 – 7.15 am yesterday morning, just sat amongst all the gardening stuff with a cup of coffee watching mum and dad feed their young and clear up after them (didn’t realise blackbirds were so housepround!) Noticed that they seem to be two larger chicks who seem always to get the food and the smallest chick never gets any, can the parents not see he is fading away and half the size of the others?? Seriously tempted to feed him myself but of course nature is cruel and I intend to leave well alone and just watch things unfold from the privacy of the shed. The largest of the chicks keeps standing on the edge of the nest and testing his wings but from previous experience I would say he is far too young to leave the nest which is why I was checking. Hopefully he would survive if he tumbled out, our garden is large with lots and lots of ground cover, unfortunately our neighbours have cats AND magpies the latter being the main killer of baby birds over the last 17 years.We have a dog, gentle as a baby and she keeps an eye on things during the day…. the blackbirds have been known to come into the kitchen and share her breakfast, sometimes when she is still eating so they see her as no threat!!
Will go check on the babies again …..

Comment on The Heart Shaped Stone by super des

super des — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:05:27 +0000

That would be a really cool pin or even a centerpiece for a necklace.
It’s very sweet.

Comment on Giant Plastic Insects! by Pat

Pat — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:22:04 +0000

When they are so huge I count myself lucky that they are only plastic! But yep, I do love strange insects, bright colours and plastic. So they win.

Comment on Giant Plastic Insects! by danusia

danusia — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:32:38 +0000

LOL

i hate them… but they are so cute when they’re made of plastic! ;D

cheers!