I used to get literally hundreds of birds in the course of a week (sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, wrens, thrushs, robins) … now virtually nome… I have put bread, nuts, seed etc out… nothing… where have they gone????
Sorry, forgot to say I live in the Midlands in the UK
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Tagged birds in my garden, blackbirds, bread, course, garden, nome, nothing, nuts, seed, sparrows, starlings, week, wrens
Last night it rained heavily and my brother found a baby blackbird at the bottom of our trees, it was soaked, shaking and couldnt stand, so we brought it into the house put it in a box and kept it warm. This morning the bird was fine and it had small feathers and bits of fluff on some parts, but my dad said it has probably fell out the nest with the bad weather as he didnt think it was quite old enough to be out, we couldnt find the nest so we decided it was best to put it back in the garden and let its parents look after it, so i put it in the garden and I sat all day looking out of the window every 10 mins or so, I seen a few blackbirds hovering around and a male went up to it first but I didn’t see it feed it, then a bit later a female went up to it, but I am unsure whether it fed it as the grass was too long to see. The bird has hopped under some wood and has been sitting there for a couple of hours, what shall I do I dont want to leave it in the rain to die and starve?
Can I also point out that the state the poor thing was in when we found it, it wouldnt have lived, and the house behind have cats so bringing it in was the best answer. The bird has been hopping and spreading its wings all day and has been opening its mouth for food to me. I am also wondering how long it will live without food as I am unsure wether it has been fed today.
I have feeders with seed,fat and peanuts 6ft on a garage wall to avoid cats. Ground feeders ie starlings and blackbirds visit but no one visits the feeders. A blue tit visited and left immediately on looking and has not returned. They are checked daily that they are fresh. My sister has lots visiting her garden up the road. What can I do to encourage them into mine?
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Tagged birds, blackbirds, Blue Tit, cats, garage, garage wall, garden, ground, mine, nesting boxes, peanuts, road, seed, sister, starlings, tit, wall, wont
I have places 4 feeders with seed,fat,peanuts etc on the garage 6 ft up to avoid predators. One blue tit has visited and left. No more have visited. Ground feeders are in abundance ei starlings and blackbirds. What am I doing wrong. My sister up the road has lots visiting her garden.
I have also placed my boxes north east pointing down to no avail. The boxes are 14 ft away from feeders.
I just found out that the teenage idiot next door has had a visit from the police on Friday because he has been shooting the birds in the garden. My wife feeds some blackbirds in our garden and we had noticed over the weekend that all but one of them had disappeared and the remaining one had an injured leg. Apparently the police did not recover the air rifle involved as the yobo Aaron denies possession of a weapon. I know his parents were on holiday last week and this may have happened whilst they were away. I have tried phoning them and knocking on the door but there is no answer even though I know they are at home. What would you do about this moron and what do you think the law says about it. I`m so mad I could strangle the whole ******* lot of them.
I have already written a few lines for the village magazine outlining what has happened.
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Tagged Aaron, air rifle, birds in your garden, blackbirds, door, Friday, garden, idiot, leg, moron, parents, police, possession, song, song birds, UK, visit, weekend, whole lot, wife, yobo
I just found out that the teenage idiot next door has had a visit from the police on Friday because he has been shooting the birds in the garden. My wife feeds some blackbirds in our garden and we had noticed over the weekend that all but one of them had disappeared and the remaining one had an injured leg. Apparently the police did not recover the air rifle involved as the yobo Aaron denies possession of a weapon. I know his parents were on holiday last week and this may have happened whilst they were away. I have tried phoning them and knocking on the door but there is no answer even though I know they are at home. What would you do about this moron and what do you think the law says about it. I`m so mad I could strangle the whole fucking lot of them.
I have already written a few lines for the village magazine outlining what has happened.
Posted in Bird Feeding
Tagged Aaron, air rifle, birds in your garden, blackbirds, door, Friday, garden, idiot, leg, moron, parents, police, possession, song, song birds, UK, visit, weekend, wife, yobo
Last night it rained heavily and my brother found a baby blackbird at the bottom of our trees, it was soaked, shaking and couldnt stand, so we brought it into the house put it in a box and kept it warm. This morning the bird was fine and it had small feathers and bits of fluff on some parts, but my dad said it has probably fell out the nest with the bad weather as he didnt think it was quite old enough to be out, we couldnt find the nest so we decided it was best to put it back in the garden and let its parents look after it, so i put it in the garden and I sat all day looking out of the window every 10 mins or so, I seen a few blackbirds hovering around and a male went up to it first but I didn’t see it feed it, then a bit later a female went up to it, but I am unsure whether it fed it as the grass was too long to see. The bird has hopped under some wood and has been sitting there for a couple of hours, what shall I do I dont want to leave it in the rain to die and starve?
Can I also point out that the state the poor thing was in when we found it, it wouldnt have lived, and the house behind have cats so bringing it in was the best answer. The bird has been hopping and spreading its wings all day and has been opening its mouth for food to me. I am also wondering how long it will live without food as I am unsure wether it has been fed today.
