Hi All
One of my Robins has started taking 3-4 mealworms at a time today and flying off with them in his beak, he has done it 3 times today, and I was wondering if it is too soon for the eggs to have hatched. Before today he was a regular feeder but only took one and ate it himself.
Chez
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Hi Chez,
I've noticed a similar thing in my garden, this Robin has been taking suet pellets into the ivy, he saw me watching on this occasion and hesitated before turning around and taking it in, I wondered what he was doing, could he be feeding a nesting female, surely he wouldn't be feeding chicks with them would he.
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Ahh never thought of that BBB You are probably right. He will be feeding the Mrs not the chicks yet.
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I mentioned on another thread that my robins have done a vanishing trick.
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Thanks Chez,
I am expecting some little ones soon, I have got a female Blackbird that's been sitting on eggs for over a week now, could be two weeks, it feels like a long time anyway, my memory is awful these days, so I don't suppose it will be long before I have some busy parents in the garden. I can't wait.
Thanks Sparrow,
Is it to early for them to be feeding their missus then.
Hi all
If it's any help, last year all "my" regulars (robins included) took berry suet pellets to feed to their young. But they don't just ram them down their throats whole. The smaller birds (tits, robins, etc.) bite off small pieces to feed to each chick. As to whether robins could have hatched yet, I don't think mine have but Mr R is feeding food to Mrs R both on and off the nest. I do know of a few places where blackbird chicks have already hatched though...
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Hi Squirrel,
How exciting, we'll all have some very busy Robins in the garden soon then, I think my ivy this year has got quite a little community in it, I think I've got Dunnocks as well as the Robins and Blackbirds nesting in it, I've only ever had a pair of Blackbirds nest in it before.
I won't be getting any nestings in the ivy this year as OH REMOVED IT ALL last autumn because he didn't like it climbing up and strangling the hawthorne tree. Pity as he found an old nest while he was at it. I was furious needless to say! The hawthorne is a sorry specimen which rarely has any leaves but it is a great lookout for many birds which visit. I liked it with the ivy as it at least looked green and I loved watching the to-ings and fro-ings of a sparrow family last summer. No wondr I don't see many sparrows in the garden these days :-(
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I do sympathise SB. Mine did something similar with our ivy, which grows up a front corner of the house and softens the modern brickwork, making it all look very pretty. He didn't chop it all down, but cut it back and thinned it drastically. I wasn't pleased, but have to admit it had started growing through the front bedroom window!!
Hi Sparrow.
Well, ivy growing through the bedroom window isn't good so perhaps your OH was right to trim it a bit. At least it will grow back. On a positive note I saw a sparrow in the garden again yesterday. It may have been one twice or two separate ones, I am not sure. Here are some photos:
... and the one that got away!