What could have caused 2 wild birds to die together? UPDATED

aliasojo

poet123 wrote: »

What about rat/mouse poison in a neighbours garden?

Unlikely but possible.

All the surrounding houses have pets, (cats to be exact apart from us who have a dog) and vermin have never (as far as I'm aware) never been a problem here.

I'm assuming the birds would have to have ingested something nearby if it was poison. Even so, I still don't get why they would come here together to die if they had eaten something elsewhere iyswim.

It's bothering me. I need to know. :rotfl:

poet123

My MIL had a bird die in her garden, the neighbour had seen a few field mice and put poison down. She thought that the bird had eaten the poison.

aliasojo

poet123 wrote: »

My MIL had a bird die in her garden, the neighbour had seen a few field mice and put poison down. She thought that the bird had eaten the poison.

But that was just one.

I have two.

Hmmm...maybe it was a suicide pact?

peachyprice

I would say that a cat brought you a present then went and got a matching one.

They don't always maul them, I've often had dead birds and mice in the garden with not a mark on them.

aliasojo

peachyprice wrote: »

I would say that a cat brought you a present then went and got a matching one.

They don't always maul them, I've often had dead birds and mice in the garden with not a mark on them.

Well if that's the case it must be half blind....cos the birds are different colours, they don't match. :rotfl:

There is a young cat that tends to sit in our garden quite a lot. I'll try to keep an eye on it to see if it's stashing it's spoils in my garden.

Dimey

My first thought was flying into glass. They look like they've just fallen.

The black bird on the left in the picture doesn't look too healthy. But if it was poison I would have thought the death would be slow and they'd have hidden themselves away somewhere while they suffered.

aliasojo

Dimey wrote: »

The black bird on the left in the picture doesn't look too healthy. ......

You know it's dead? Right?








Just kidding. :rotfl:

zaksmum

aliasojo wrote: »

It's a dead leaf off my rhododendron plant.

Hmmm...that won't be what killed them, then...:)

Dimey

aliasojo wrote: »

You know it's dead? Right?


Just kidding. :rotfl:

Ha Ha..... yes I meant he doesn't look like he was healthy before he died. :rotfl:

davenport151

Any trees nearby. They both look like juvenile blackbirds or robins (can't tell size as no scale to compare). Possibly late nestlings that haven't survived the change in temperature.

note; posting over on the greenfingerd thread may help with answers - some keen birders there.