Oooooh! Vicious!

dreamdaisy

There is a great deal of blackbird activity currently going on in our garden; I think there are three males fighting for territory and it properly kicked off (with an enormous battle of beaks and wings) around twenty minutes ago. Luckily for me it took place in the paved 'arena' outside the kitchen French doors so I had a ringside seat. It was nasty.

Two were going at it hammer-and-tongs when the third swooped in to join the fun. It was so vicious, the biting and close-contact wing-beating was astonishing in its intensity. The patio is now scattered with feathers of all sizes but one colour. I hope my favourite one was the victor, he has one white feather in his tail (it's still attached, I've just spotted him pacing the lawn) and I enjoy watching out for him in the early hours of dawn, he shows up beautifully with the flash of white. I think I know where they are nesting too, I think we have two nests, one in the conifers at the end of the garden and one (quite low down) in the star magnolia by the garage side-door; I shall check later. DD

tjt6768

Sounds like a typical night out in Leeds. A load of birds fighting :shock:

mig

And nottingham too. Mig

Slosh

The blackbirds in my garden are much better behaved. It's the pigeons I worry about.
Threesome on the garden fence! Not a good idea.

bubbadog

All I get is bonking Pigeons in my garden!! But out the front we do get fighting magpies but the noise is awful when they fight!

stickywicket

dreamdaisy wrote:

I think there are three males fighting for territory

Life in a nutshell :roll:

I hope Mr Whitefeather gets to breed. Next year will be interesting.

dachshund

Hello DD
we have pigeons and foxes in the summer.
joan xx

dreamdaisy

Mr Whitefeather has been strutting his stuff so I guess he's still in with a shout (or has shouted ) We also have blue tits, pigeons, robins, a couple of sparrows (but they are very shy) and a greenfinch or two. There is also a magpie who lurks (mostly in the big tree on the other side of the garages that provide our walled garden).

We now have another problem: bees are hovering around the roof space above our first floor shower room, which is due to be modernised (for that read demolished and replaced) in the third week of July. Bees, birds, mice and spiders: we are far too generous in our hospitality. DD

villier

You are more hospitable than I am DD I have only ever have given house room to millipedes and get woken pretty often with seagulls squawking outside my bedroom window, I must be a miserable old git and I plan to stay that way xx

barbara12

tjt6768 wrote:

Sounds like a typical night out in Leeds. A load of birds fighting :shock:

I love it... DD we have witness this here a few years ago, and we found a dead one nearby :shock: ...they are very territorial...

dreamdaisy

The bees are increasing in number. I can see where they are getting in and out, there's a tiny hole in the woodwork under the guttering but I don't know how much space they have within - for starters it's a flat roof. Hey-ho. DD

Slosh

Perhaps it's time to take up bee keeping! Be thankful it's not wasps.