Can any one advise please. This bird seems quite friendly and has been in the garden for about 5 days, he has a nice song and seems inquisitive when I am in the garden. I have seen in the Apple tree (which is where the photos were taken) and also in the hanging bird house also in the apple tree. He seems to like, fat ball, seeds and strawberries so far and I think he had my first blackberry.
Pictures are not so good but you can see.
I wondered also if this may be a female black bird fledgling but the speckled breast feathers made me think of thrush.
The bird is about the size of fat female blackbird but the tail I think is shorter. I think the bird is a fledgling. The bird is on its own, its main colour is brown, there is some cream colour on its rear end below the tail, I think the legs are grey, not sure, will try and check next time I see the bird.
The bird allowed me to get quite close today.
Look forward to hearing thoughts.
Thanks Alan, do the young blackbirds have speckled chest?
I agree with a young Blackbird - the degree of speckling on juvenile and female Blackbirds varies considerably.
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Hello Jo, I agree that it is a young blackbird you have seen; we have three baby blackbirds in the garden and they have quite speckled chests, as Alan (Doggie) says, they are a member of the Thrush family. Here's a photo of two of our young blackbirds enjoying the tub of water I put out for them and another photo with a single juvenile blackbird ..............
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Regards, Hazel
Thanks everyone, I hadn't noticed before that the female blackbird and fledglings were so speckled. Great photos everyone :)
Best Wishes
Jo
Thanks again Alan, Love that photo, what camera do you have?
Have a great weekend.
Hazel I love your photos, was just looking at the baby robin, soooooooo cute :) What camera are you using please?
Thanks again everyone. Have a great weekend all
Afternoon Jo, Many thanks; I use a Canon EOS 600D with 70-300mm 4-5.6 L series Canon zoom lens; hoping next year to upgrade to the camera Alan has which is a Canon EOS 7D (100-400mm L.series zoom)
LOL Alan, you're too quick again ! nice pics.
Wow Alan, love those pictures, that doesn't look like a blackbird to me. I didn't realise their colour tones varied so much, I shall be looking more closely now each time I see a female or young blackbird. Thank you for sharing your pictures and your experience. Jo x