Forum home› Wildlife gardening

I think I have a fledging blackbird!

zugeniezugenie Posts: 716
in Wildlife gardening
Apologies for this awful video
https://imgur.com/a/hEGc60o

would explain the naughty blackbird I’ve been seeing in the garden! 

How far from the nest do the usually fledge?

Posts

  • LynLyn Posts: 21,383
    My daughter had this happen,  Blackbird nested in her garden, fledging was pushed out, daughter picked it up and placed in the nest, mother pushed it out, happened a few times in the end she left it.
    She looked at the breeding habits and apparently they push it out before it’s  mature enough and feed it on the ground for quite a few days.
    Maybe best to leave it,  if you chase it round the garden the mother may abandon it. She knows where it is. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,773
    Has he got a speckled chest?
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 716
    @Lyn I wasn’t worried, it’s pretty much as big as an adult blackbird but not flying yet, I know that’s what they do :) has lots of feathers so I know it’s not a baby that’s fallen out! I have no intention of interfering 

    @Dovefromabove yes sort of speckled all over, dark brown with lighter brown spots, more on the chest than the back
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,773
    Sounds like a juvenile blackbird to me. The adults will still be around somewhere, feeding him from time to time until he gets the hang of things. 
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







Sign In or Register to comment.