Bird table take over
Our bird table has been taken over by Thrushes!
Poor old Blackbird doesn't get a look in any more. And the smaller birds have to dive in and out when they can.
Is there a Thrush population explosion, or is this just a local family?
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I hope it is a population explosion, the dry weather we are having will not help with the snale population which forms a large part of the thrushes diet.
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Blasted woodpigeons have discovered that they can reach two of my tubular seed feeders by standing on the tallest twig of one of my bushes ! So I'm going to buy a couple of the shorter variety feeders or cut down two
of the older feeders. I don't mind the pigeons but Woodys are like blooming vacuum cleaners, once they start they carry on 'til everything has gone!.0 -
Our bird table has been taken over by Thrushes!
Poor old Blackbird doesn't get a look in any more. And the smaller birds have to dive in and out when they can.
Is there a Thrush population explosion, or is this just a local family?
Would you like some of my Blackbirds Ian?
They will bust up your woosy Blackbirds, mug your Thrushes -
then eat them all
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Jays took ours over until I disposed of them.
That does not sound very friendly???
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Would you like some of my Blackbirds Ian?
They will bust up your woosy Blackbirds, mug your Thrushes -
then eat them all
SR 71's is cheating.
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Only just read this thread, and I am surprised at the extreme differences.
I live just to the North of Bristol - In South Gloucestershire, but I haven't actually seen a thrush in years, and I have a large back garden. My feeders are mainly attended by Blue and Great Tits, Sparrows and Ring necked Doves. Occasional Wood Pigeons,
black caps and of course Robins. I have had one Jay in 32 years! Gold Finches have suddenly arrived too.Late one evening last year I was suddenly visited by what seemed like hundreds of Red Wings who stripped my spectacular display of Firethorne berries on the back of the house in about 15 minutes!
TF
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Our bird table has been taken over by Thrushes!
Poor old Blackbird doesn't get a look in any more. And the smaller birds have to dive in and out when they can.
Is there a Thrush population explosion, or is this just a local family?
Are they mistle thrushes, Ian? They can be very aggressive and territorial. Song thrushes tend to keep a much lower profile.
We rarely get either in our moorland edge garden.
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Our bird table has been taken over by Thrushes!
Poor old Blackbird doesn't get a look in any more. And the smaller birds have to dive in and out when they can.
Is there a Thrush population explosion, or is this just a local family?
Are they mistle thrushes, Ian? They can be very aggressive and territorial. Song thrushes tend to keep a much lower profile.
We rarely get either in our moorland edge garden.
I'll have to look that up in the book.
They don't seem as speckled as usual, and (what I assume are youngsters) are a reddy brown.
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Some might like my story regarding "gangs" in the story section. Its about my rear garden which now literally teams with birds!
TF
Brilliant!
Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in birds. Thanks for posting, T.F.
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I don't discriminate, I just fill it up more often
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