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CarylM1669993145 24/11/2023 12:41

How do I ask I Q about Blackbird behaviour

CarylM1669993145 24/11/2023 12:43

Thus has been going on for weeks, a young female is following a male constantly, neither of them are feeding its relentless .
Last week I did find a dead male in my garden :(
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stealthybutnotthatstealthy 26/11/2023 15:56 in reply to CarylM1669993145

How are you ageing them? Blackbirds can be territorial and UK has a lot of migrant birds here now to compete of space and food.
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Linda257 27/11/2023 17:08

Bump

(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
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WendyBartter 27/11/2023 19:40

Another bump

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CarylM1669993145 27/11/2023 22:17 in reply to stealthybutnotthatstealthy

I'm no expert, she looks young and small , they are hopping around the garden in and out of bushes , she is att king him his feathered are looking very oeced out . There are other lone ,males, big ones, but she ignores them. ? It just looks rather odd and it's constant follow my leader ?
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stealthybutnotthatstealthy 28/11/2023 08:44 in reply to CarylM1669993145

Birds can be variable in size, but for most species (other than birds like wildfowl and waders), young are a similar size to adults once they've fledged. If it's still going on, not much harm is coming of it as birds can move on if competition is too fierce.
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