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Post by SueA on Jun 12, 2011 17:11:33 GMT
Thought you might like to see these pics. I took on Thursday of a little baby blackbird in our garden. It looked too small to have left the nest, very tufty, no tail & unsteady, it has a brother or sister still in the nest area in the conifer but this one ventured out into the clematis climbing up the tree. I've watched it as it's gained confidence & today my heart was in my mouth as it jumped out of the clematis & tried to flutter upwards! It managed a horizontal flutter to a potted apple tree & then back again across the pond(godd job it's a tiny one!), across the veg. patch & into the camellia. I've been chasing a couple of cats away for the last few days (ours would only go for a bird if it walked past her nose!) & so far the little bird is still alive.   |
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Post by Louise on Jun 12, 2011 17:28:22 GMT
Awww, they really do get you worried don't they, anything could happen, it's too painful to watch sometimes !
Your pictures are very good.
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Post by Cherry on Jun 12, 2011 18:15:46 GMT
That is such a young one, but obviously quite a bit ahead of its siblings.
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Post by Lou78W on Jun 12, 2011 19:22:58 GMT
Well caught Sue ;D...hope it comes through OK....and its siblings  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jun 12, 2011 19:37:45 GMT
Lovely shots Sue, I love that grumpy look fledglings have.
I recently returned a Swallow to its nest, it was too young to leave the nest so I presumed it had fallen out. My only problem was there were four nest to chose from. I concluded if a bird will feed a Cuckoo it will feed another chick of the same species.
Today I noticed all the other chicks in that nest had fledged and the parents are still feeding one chick.
Is your Blackbird fledgling still OK?
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Post by grindle on Jun 13, 2011 3:26:20 GMT
that's a good picture, hope it's still ok |
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Post by merlin on Jun 13, 2011 5:27:59 GMT
Lovely shots Sue, I love that grumpy look fledglings have. I recently returned a Swallow to its nest, it was too young to leave the nest so I presumed it had fallen out. My only problem was there were four nest to chose from. I concluded if a bird will feed a Cuckoo it will feed another chick of the same species. Today I noticed all the other chicks in that nest had fledged and the parents are still feeding one chick. Well done WF. Is your Blackbird fledgling still OK? |
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Post by SueA on Jun 13, 2011 16:04:08 GMT
Glad your swallows have fledged safely W.F.
So far the little blackbird is doing well, I went down the garden to refill the bird seed feeder this morning & came eye to eye with the daring little devil in the camellia bush, I just whispered to it to stay where it was & it watched me fill the feeder. There still seems to be one or two others near the nest in the conifer as I've seen mum & dad flying in & out of there with food so hopefully they'll all make it. I keep rushing out whenever I hear the adults alarm calls to search the bushes for cats!
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