Blackbirds are flirting here, surely spring has sprung? Early?

It keeps on hissing with rain, on and off, temp 9c.

Baz

On Feb 18, 2:05*pm, Baz wrote:
Blackbirds are flirting here, surely spring has sprung? Early?

It keeps on hissing with rain, on and off, temp 9c.

Baz


Our blackbirds fight one another.

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harry wrote:

On Feb 18, 2:05*pm, Baz wrote:
Blackbirds are flirting here, surely spring has sprung? Early?

It keeps on hissing with rain, on and off, temp 9c.

Baz


Our blackbirds fight one another.

We've got Rudolph back again just this week and he's starting to
re-establish his territory.

Stephen.

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On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:57:33 GMT, wrote:

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harry wrote:

On Feb 18, 2:05*pm, Baz wrote:
Blackbirds are flirting here, surely spring has sprung? Early?

It keeps on hissing with rain, on and off, temp 9c.

Baz


Our blackbirds fight one another.

We've got Rudolph back again just this week and he's starting to
re-establish his territory.

Stephen.

Donner und Blitzen! It's usually the women (typical) that do the
territorial bit around this time of year.

Cheers, Jake
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On Feb 18, 2:05 pm, Baz wrote:
Blackbirds are flirting here, surely spring has sprung? Early?

It keeps on hissing with rain, on and off, temp 9c.

Baz


Our blackbirds fight one another.

We haven't had many starlings this year, has it been too cold for them or
are they getting fewer.

kate

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Jake wrote:

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:57:33 GMT, wrote:

Our blackbirds fight one another.

We've got Rudolph back again just this week and he's starting to
re-establish his territory.

Stephen.

Donner und Blitzen! It's usually the women (typical) that do the
territorial bit around this time of year.

Cheers, Jake

I will have to take a closer look next time he/she is perched on
the roof ariel singing its head off to find out and maybe take a
photo if possible.

Stephen.


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Still need 3 and ten to have enough to make a Pie.

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:01:56 -0000, "Kate Morgan"
wrote:

On Feb 18, 2:05 pm, Baz wrote:
Blackbirds are flirting here, surely spring has sprung? Early?

It keeps on hissing with rain, on and off, temp 9c.

Baz


Our blackbirds fight one another.

We haven't had many starlings this year, has it been too cold for them or
are they getting fewer.

kate

They're not getting fewer round here. Flocks of 20-30 taking over the
bird table and stripping it clean every afternoon. Though more
recently they have migrated somewhere else which I take as a sign of
spring.

Cheers, Jake
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On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:07:46 GMT, wrote:

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Jake wrote:

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:57:33 GMT, wrote:

Our blackbirds fight one another.

We've got Rudolph back again just this week and he's starting to
re-establish his territory.

Stephen.

Donner und Blitzen! It's usually the women (typical) that do the
territorial bit around this time of year.

Cheers, Jake

I will have to take a closer look next time he/she is perched on
the roof ariel singing its head off to find out and maybe take a
photo if possible.

Stephen.

It's usually easy to tell the female blackbirds simply because they
aren't. They tend to be brownish in colour. Around now they will get
aggressive towards each other as they establish their nesting site and
towards other birds when feeding.

Cheers, Jake
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Jake wrote:

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:07:46 GMT,
wrote:

[snip]

Donner und Blitzen! It's usually the women (typical) that do
the territorial bit around this time of year.

Cheers, Jake

I will have to take a closer look next time he/she is perched on
the roof ariel singing its head off to find out and maybe take a
photo if possible.

Stephen.

It's usually easy to tell the female blackbirds simply because they
aren't. They tend to be brownish in colour. Around now they will get
aggressive towards each other as they establish their nesting site and
towards other birds when feeding.

Cheers, Jake

The problem is getting close enough to identify properly when
he/she is singing away on the roof tops, never sits on my roof to
get a proper look at.

Stephen.


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On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:09:41 GMT, wrote:



The problem is getting close enough to identify properly when
he/she is singing away on the roof tops, never sits on my roof to
get a proper look at.

Stephen.

If it's singing it's male. Females just nag. Sexing by colour should
be easy given a moment's glance from any distance. Black (if you look
carefully there's a blue tint) is male and brownish is female. The
males chirp merrily but it's the females that get territorial.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay.

I'm having a panic - noticed some water in the pond
in between the frog spawn.

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Jake wrote:

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:09:41 GMT, wrote:



The problem is getting close enough to identify properly when
he/she is singing away on the roof tops, never sits on my roof to
get a proper look at.

Stephen.

If it's singing it's male. Females just nag. Sexing by colour should
be easy given a moment's glance from any distance. Black (if you look
carefully there's a blue tint) is male and brownish is female. The
males chirp merrily but it's the females that get territorial.

Cheers, Jake

Its definitely a male blackbird, he is black and chirps his
chorus across the roof tops.

Stephen.

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Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes
"Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce