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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I don't discriminate, I just fill it up more often
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