Blackbirds nest

pagan queen · 24-05-2014, 01:15 PM

I have been watching a pair of blackbirds building a nest in a tree in my front garden. Today I was out there and the female flew past me, just missing my head. I went and had a look at the nest and this is what I found.

LonesomeGeorge · 24-05-2014, 01:19 PM

Wow what a lovely surprise

Keep us updated!

pagan queen · 24-05-2014, 01:25 PM

I will. I think I might have to cut the black string/tape in the nest. I had to cut a female blackbird free of a nest that had one of those fat ball string bag things in it. It was wrapped around her legs.

emma_mcraf · 24-05-2014, 01:31 PM

Such pretty blue eggs.

I hope they hatch and you can enjoy watching the parents feed them.

pagan queen · 24-05-2014, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

Such pretty blue eggs.

I hope they hatch and you can enjoy watching the parents feed them.

They are pretty aren't they? The picture isn't good as I had to take it without looking and on night vision. It shows how adaptable birds are though the nest is in this tree.

emma_mcraf · 24-05-2014, 02:14 PM

Oh wow - you wouldn't think they'd nest in that tree, but it must be good enough. Enjoy watching them, Wendy.

pagan queen · 24-05-2014, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

Oh wow - you wouldn't think they'd nest in that tree, but it must be good enough. Enjoy watching them, Wendy.

No, neither did I Emma. We nearly cut it down after that winter as it was so badly damaged by the weather that all the leaves were dead. But I looked it up and found that if you take the top off it will regrow. So many people just dug theirs up, such a shame. We had a lot of them round here as they grow well on the coast.

emma_mcraf · 24-05-2014, 04:41 PM

Is it a type of palm?

pagan queen · 24-05-2014, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by emma_mcraf

Is it a type of palm?

It's a Cordyline. Has lovely fragrant flower spikes in the summer. You can smell them as you walk out the door.

emma_mcraf · 24-05-2014, 05:24 PM

We have a Cordyline too but it's grown very differently. Ours got very tall before it branched out into a typical Torbay Palm style. We thought it would stay small when we bought it

but it's a feature of the garden now and my eldest has a nesting box on it which gets used every year by either the Great Tits or Blue Tits.

24-05-2014, 01:15 PM	#1
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	Blackbirds nest I have been watching a pair of blackbirds building a nest in a tree in my front garden. Today I was out there and the female flew past me, just missing my head. I went and had a look at the nest and this is what I found. __________________ 1.0.1 TG Ibera 1.0.0 Chinese Frise dog 0.1.0 African Grey Parrot 0.1.0 Hahns Macaw 0.1.0 Pearly Conure 0.2.0 Guinea Pigs 0.2.0 Chickens 1.0.0 Bearded Dragon 7.4.0 Budgies 1.1.0 Cockatiels 1.3 Kids 1 Husband

24-05-2014, 01:19 PM	#2
LonesomeGeorge Member Hatched Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Reading area Posts: 252	Wow what a lovely surprise Keep us updated! __________________ Owner to Florence, my beautiful testudo Horsfieldii, one absolutely mental Golden Retriever and a rather independent cat.

24-05-2014, 01:25 PM	#3
pagan queen Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 6,073	I will. I think I might have to cut the black string/tape in the nest. I had to cut a female blackbird free of a nest that had one of those fat ball string bag things in it. It was wrapped around her legs. __________________ 1.0.1 TG Ibera 1.0.0 Chinese Frise dog 0.1.0 African Grey Parrot 0.1.0 Hahns Macaw 0.1.0 Pearly Conure 0.2.0 Guinea Pigs 0.2.0 Chickens 1.0.0 Bearded Dragon 7.4.0 Budgies 1.1.0 Cockatiels 1.3 Kids 1 Husband

24-05-2014, 01:31 PM	#4
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Such pretty blue eggs. I hope they hatch and you can enjoy watching the parents feed them. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

24-05-2014, 02:14 PM	#6
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Oh wow - you wouldn't think they'd nest in that tree, but it must be good enough. Enjoy watching them, Wendy. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

24-05-2014, 04:41 PM	#8
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Is it a type of palm? __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

24-05-2014, 05:24 PM	#10
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	We have a Cordyline too but it's grown very differently. Ours got very tall before it branched out into a typical Torbay Palm style. We thought it would stay small when we bought it but it's a feature of the garden now and my eldest has a nesting box on it which gets used every year by either the Great Tits or Blue Tits. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

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