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One For The Bird Watchers

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greyteam1959
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We have been watching a male blackbird feeding a young thrush in our garden for the last few days.
I have never seen cross feeding like this before in all the years ( 50 ) I have been feeding birds.
Very odd behaviour.

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  • quirkydeptless
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    I was sat in the garden , sunning myself the other day and watching the wildlife. I spotted a red admiral sunning itself too. Then a blackbird hopping along, feeding on grubs in the grass. Next minute the blackbird shot across the garden at high speed and pounced on the butterfly, gobbling it up greedily. A savage end to a beautiful scene.
  • 25_Years_On
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    Young female blackbirds are not unlike thrushes (blackbirds being of the same family).

    https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-juvenile-blackbird-on-garden-lawn-hastings-sussex-uk-47962922.html

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    The other day I saw a family of great tits on our feeders, when a young blue tit joined them. One of the adult great tits fed the blue tit. I'd never seen this before. The young blue tit did look particularly scruffy. 
  • twopenny
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    What lovely info.
    It's not something I've seen but it does happen with wild cats and some other mamals according to the telly so why not birds.


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