Hi everyone I'm so excited, just had to tell everyone, I've been feeling so sorry for the Song Thrush I've had visiting, he/she has been getting mobbed and chased away by the Blakbirds whenever he comes to my garden for a feed, and he's been getting so nervous of late with the Blackbirds now in pairs attacking him, and all on his own while I have noticed lot's of my birds pairing up, I had wondered if he would find a mate with them being so scarce now, AND HE HAS, he turned up today with his own mate, with a mate for support now I hope the Blackbirds might leave him alone. I don't suppose they will though with all the fighting for there patch of land now spring is on it's way.
Being new to this, I don't know but does it ever happen that some birds won't find a mate and miss a breeding season.
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Hi Bishy
lovely to hear that your song thrush has a mate, I've had two for a while, they look the same to me, not sure if both males or one of each, they don't fight. could be a pair?
My blackbirds don't chase the song thrushs they eat together happy.
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Hi Bishy,
so glad you hear your Song Thrush has found a mate! Hopefully the Blackbirds will leave them alone - and I hope the Song Thrushes bring along their chicks to show them off to you in the summer :o)
Hi BBB,
That's really good news. I also have a solitary song thrush so I am keeping my fingers crossed that mine finds a partner before much longer. A property a few doors up from us has an absolutely massive conifer at the far end of the garden and mine seems to spend much of the day in there - or, rather, on top of it. I don't know if it is looking for a mate (it does spend a lot of its time there singing) or whether it has decided it would make a suitable nesting place. Time will tell, I guess, but first I need a second song thrush!
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Glad to see your bullied thrush has a mate. Mine is still on his own, but he gets a bit longer on the food these days as the blackbirds are too busy displaying to each other. My dunnocks are also courting - quite funny to watch - lots of spread out wings and flapping whilst hopping like mad across the garden.
Cheers, Linda.
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Hi , everyone thanks for the replies, and hi Squirrel, I know from watching nature programmes some birds build a nest first then try to attract a mate to it, I don't know if this is how Song Thrushes operate, maybe he's built his nest and is calling for a mate, it would be intresting to know. anyone got any answers to that.
Hi, BBB, great news about your song thrush. The female builds the nest entirely on her own and it can take up to three weeks to build.
Thanks for that Brenda, thats interesting, do many female birds build the nest. Sorry if it's a daft question but being new to this if you don't ask you'll never know, you might see a lot of daft questions from me in the near future.
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Good to know BBB! I don't have any thrushes about in my garden alas! Not seen one in the 9 years I've lived there although I have heard some in the distance occasionally.
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Susan H said: Sparrow sits back and lets Bishy ask all the daft questions. LOL
Thanks Sparrow, let me look the right bananna LOL. No I don't mind really.