"Sacha" wrote in message
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Sue da Nimm27/2/04 4:59
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We've got three pairs sharing our plot which is about 320ft long by
120ft
wide, with a hedge border and a copse beyond.
They have clearly defined territories, with one pair regularly coming to
the
kitchen windowsill for tidbits.
The male in the "copse-end" pair is very distinctive because he is
mottled
white. (Melanistic?)
We have seen three together on occasions - probably offspring rather
than
pairs mingling.
We have several in different parts of the Nursery and garden - you can see
them together but apart, as it were. But the blackbirds! They're as bad
or
worse than robins. One gets inside a glasshouse and one is outside and
they
go at each other hammer and tongs against the glass. The other day, I saw
two trying to kill each other, I swear and I clapped my hands so that both
flew off, overturning a 1l. pot of Euphorbia as they went. Those critters
are vicious and we have a lot of them!
My male blackbird follows me into the garage (where I keep my birdseed)
every time I open the door. He now eats sunflower seeds from my hand.
Franz