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re blackbirds and mulch
In article , Jane Ransom writes In article , Paul D.Smith writes Sounds like your blackbirds are searching for slugs No, no, no - blackbirds do not eat slugs!! They are just searching for worms and insects. Hey, why not give blackbirds the credit that is their due?! They certainly do eat slugs as is confirmed by this quote from the monograph 'British Thrushes' (Simms 1978): "Slugs stand rather low in human esteem due to their slimy quality and the damage that some will do in our gardens. The garden slug (Arion hortensis) breeds throughout most of the year and is our best known slug, while the netted slug (Agriolimax reticulatus) is the commonest British slug and when contracted has a characteristic dome-shaped body. Both species figure in the diet of mistle thrushes, song thrushes, redwings and blackbirds. Before eating them or feeding them to their young the adults birds will generally wipe them on bare earth or on grass to remove the slime. One individual redwing in my garden spent half a minute doing this and blackbirds may remain occupied in the task for several minutes at a time." -- Malcolm |
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