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Hey everyone! What a wonderful forum of knowledge, it's great to be part of your group
I have just moved to a house where there are lots of birds. However, there is a solo Blackbird that visits multiple times a day.
I have been leaving out sultanas as per guidance but found that he/she struggled to find them on the lawn, especially with so much competition.
I have taken to lining them up on the wall and have only been doing it 2 days! The Blackbird seems to have developed the association with the wall and food and now I am seeing him/her now venture to the wall as opposed to anywhere else.
He/she will take about 10 but sometimes takes them away to the nest (wherever that is!)
I love nature and as sad as it seems, I look forward to seeing this little bird everyday. I am hoping I may get him/her to come closer as I really am very fond of it!
Best,
Leah
Hi Leah. We also have a blackbird that visits for an expensive breakfast of blueberries each morning, sometimes impatiently standing on the doorstep when we first go to the kitchen in the morning! It seems they are quite quick to learn behaviours like that. As sultanas are cheaper than blueberries, I might see if I can get him to learn to switch to them!
Hey Adam, Oh my!! Those are expensive tastes Do you like Fruit and Fibre? I use the ones in those as I am not keen on raisins and sultanas much so my blackbird gets those twice daily. Win-win!
Talking of blackbirds, I'd always understood they were classified as 'ground feeders'? But yesterday, for the first time ever, I was watching a female blackbird alight on our Squirrel Buster bird feeder - in a somewhat ungainly manner, it must be said! Today she is back and is becoming more proficient in aligning her body sideways on, and reaching round to peck in the nearest feeding port. Amazing!
Grapes work too, depending on size I half or quarter them.... the things we do, eh? lol
Hi Jane, yes, we have a pair that do that on our fat ball feeder; I attached a chopstick horizontally to the bottom so they can use that to stabilise themselves, although that has led to it now being accessible to woodpigeons too!
Chopsticks, eh? Love it! That's very thoughtful of you, Adam. But I do take note about the possibility of encouraging wood pigeons. We have plenty of those at ground level, and I'd rather they stayed down there!