Jeff Taylor
Well-known member
Good afternoon all.
Those Bloody Cat's have done it again.
The Second Brood of Blackbird Chicks have been wiped out.
The First clutch of eggs where got at by Magpies in mid March.
I had a feeling these eggs would not last long because the parent
birds had nested in the conifers near the top.This site open to
predation by the magpies.The second attempt by the parent birds
was in a old Russian Vine along the garden fence by the back
kitchen window.These chicks where about one week old & doing
well.Late yesterday evening i heard a loud alarm calls from the
Parent birds,it was just past dusk when this happened.Could see
the parent birds on the fence but nothing else.After a while the alarm calls stopped.Next morning parent birds could not be seen.
I waited & watched to see if the where around no sign,so i decided to check the nest.To my horror i discovered the remains
off the four young blackbird chicks.Under & around the battered
nest.Classic symptoms off a Domestic cat attack.
I know they are only Blackbirds,but to me they are little gems that
i welcome in my garden very much.I lay there i my bed some spring / summer mornings listening to them belt out there dawn chorus.Next time it will be a air pellet up the cat's ****.
Toodle Pip
Jeff Taylor