Yesterday I saw a very unusual bird behavior. A few days ago I had put out some mothballs in my garden in hopes of discouraging rabbits. A blackbird landed on the fence with one of the mothballs in its beak. The bird then rubbed the mothballs under both wings & over some of its body. I was amazed to see this!
Caged birds have a similar compound of the mothball that is used to prevent mites on the birds so my conclusion is that "somehow" this wild bird knew to use it also????
I have seen some other blackbirds carry off some of the mothballs but I thought they were just curious as to what it may be, etc. Also on these types of birds bit off one of my daisy flowers & took off. Since a lot of daisies carry pyrethrins - was the bird also using this flower to that compound???
Very strange.
Caged birds have a similar compound of the mothball that is used to prevent mites on the birds so my conclusion is that "somehow" this wild bird knew to use it also????
I have seen some other blackbirds carry off some of the mothballs but I thought they were just curious as to what it may be, etc. Also on these types of birds bit off one of my daisy flowers & took off. Since a lot of daisies carry pyrethrins - was the bird also using this flower to that compound???
Very strange.