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Old 28-02-2004, 11:21 PM
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:42:48 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
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"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.


If your blackbird becomes too tame, watch out for cats!

Jackdaws are probably our most intelligent birds, they always feed in
pairs, one keeps a look out, whilst the other eats.
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad
 
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