Hi there,
I am new here from NZ. Hi to you all. I have searched websites on blackbird behavior, what happens with their young etc. But I cannot predict what is going to happen in this situation
We have had a tame blackbird female that has been round our yard for a couple of years,we love her. We have seen her through her bizarre molting stages,her times of being under attack by new female blackbirds trying to take over the yard (we have been out there with her trying to help her defense of the yard!) and by purposely only feeding her a couple of times a day. She has hung around and somehow miracoulsly won over our yard against the others.
She now has a baby - well the baby is bigger than her and probably a couple of months old. This baby is sooo cute and tamer then Mum. She would feed her baby a couple of times daily the food we were feeding her. As time has gone on, the baby is still around and so is our mother blackbird. She no longer feeds her, and the baby knows that we come out to feed our blackbird. The baby is very aggressive with food ( as expected ) and anytime I try and feed our blackbird I have to play a mean game of baseball and throw blueberries in two different directions at the sametime if our original bird has any chance of getting any. I have read that the baby birds usually leave the natal area after a period of time. But I think she knows she is on to a good thing being in our yard ! I know blackbirds are solitary , territorial birds and I am worried our old placid bird will be driven out by her own baby . I love them both and wish they both could stay, but the mother blackbird, since having the baby has been more skittish and less friendly (on edge maybe ??) I thought maybe to stop feeding them altogether and maybe the baby will fly off to her own yard, but then I am worried Mum will leave too?
Your advice is appreciated
I am new here from NZ. Hi to you all. I have searched websites on blackbird behavior, what happens with their young etc. But I cannot predict what is going to happen in this situation
We have had a tame blackbird female that has been round our yard for a couple of years,we love her. We have seen her through her bizarre molting stages,her times of being under attack by new female blackbirds trying to take over the yard (we have been out there with her trying to help her defense of the yard!) and by purposely only feeding her a couple of times a day. She has hung around and somehow miracoulsly won over our yard against the others.
She now has a baby - well the baby is bigger than her and probably a couple of months old. This baby is sooo cute and tamer then Mum. She would feed her baby a couple of times daily the food we were feeding her. As time has gone on, the baby is still around and so is our mother blackbird. She no longer feeds her, and the baby knows that we come out to feed our blackbird. The baby is very aggressive with food ( as expected ) and anytime I try and feed our blackbird I have to play a mean game of baseball and throw blueberries in two different directions at the sametime if our original bird has any chance of getting any. I have read that the baby birds usually leave the natal area after a period of time. But I think she knows she is on to a good thing being in our yard ! I know blackbirds are solitary , territorial birds and I am worried our old placid bird will be driven out by her own baby . I love them both and wish they both could stay, but the mother blackbird, since having the baby has been more skittish and less friendly (on edge maybe ??) I thought maybe to stop feeding them altogether and maybe the baby will fly off to her own yard, but then I am worried Mum will leave too?
Your advice is appreciated